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Gothic Landmarks
Abbey Church of St. Denis (Ile-de-France, France)
792CE
The Palatine Chapel at Aachen is an early medieval chapel and remaining component of Charlemagne’s Palace of Aachen in what is now Germany. Although the palace itself no longer exists, the chapel was preserved and now forms the central part of Aachen Cathedral. Charlemagne began the construction of the Palatine Chapel around 792, along with the building of the rest of the palace structures. It was consecrated in 805 by Pope Leo III in honor of the Virgin Mary .
Source: 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_Chapel,_Aachen
Notre Dame in Paris (France)
608 C.E
The monastery of St. Martin at Canigou is a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees of Northern Catalonia on Canigou mountain in present-day southern France near the Spanish border. The original Romanesque style monastery was built from 1005 to 1009 by Guifred II, Count of Cerdanya (Fr. Cerdagne), in atonement for the murder of his son and was populated by Benedictine monks 34.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
Laon Cathedral (France)
mid 9th century
St. Andrew’s Church at Greensted, in the small village of Greensted, near Chipping Ongar in Essex, England, has been claimed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, and probably the oldest wooden building in Europe still standing, albeit only in part, since few sections of its original wooden structure remain. The oak walls are often classified as remnants of a palisade church or, more loosely, as a kind of early stave church, dated either to the mid-9th or mid-11th century .
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Chartres Cathedral (France)
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The tower of All Saints Church at Earl’s Barton: All Saints’ Church is a noted Anglo-Saxon Church of England parish church in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. It is estimated that the building dates from the later tenth century, shortly after Danish raids on England . The tower at Earls Barton was probably originally a tower nave, the ground floor serving as the main body of the church with a small chancel annexed to it to the east, as at St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber, built at roughly the same period .
Source :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints'_Church,_Earls_Barton
Beauvais Cathedral (France) -
784 AD
The stave church at Urnes, Norway: Urnes Stave Church is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It is among the oldest stave churches in Norway, with parts of the lumber construction dating from the latter half of the 11th century . The church was built in a long church basilica plan inspired by medieval Christian churches, with cylindrical columns and semi-circular arches inside. The decoration on the capitals of the columns and outside of the church embodies the visual evidence of the Viking culture’s transformation, assimilation, and adoption of Christianity.
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Canterbury Cathedral (England)
1022 AD
•The church of St. Michael at Hildesheim: The Church of St. Michael is an early-Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany. It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985 . Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim (996–1022) built a Benedictine monastery from the ground up on a hill linked with the archangel Michael just a half kilometer north of the city walls of his seat (Hildesheim), a monastery that featured an imposing church some 70 meters in length overall. Bernward set the first stone for the new church in 1010 and dedicated the still unfinished building to Michael on the archangel’s feast day, 29 September 1022, just a few weeks before his dea
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Salisbury Cathedral (England)
1653 AD
Speyer Cathedral, officially known as the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, is located in Speyer, Germany. It is one of the most important Romanesque monuments from the time of the Holy Roman Empire and was founded by Conrad II in 1030 3. The cathedral was remodelled at the end of the 11th century and served as the burial place of German emperors for almost 300 years .
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Lincoln Cathedral (England)
1018-1062
The church of S. Miniato al Monte in Florence: San Miniato al Monte (St. Minias on the Mountain) is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city. It has been described as one of the finest Romanesque structures in Tuscany and one of the most scenic churches in Italy . The church was begun after 1018 by Bishop Hildebrand and was completed in 1062. The black and white marble panels used to ornament both the interior and exterior, as well as the painted timber truss roof, are notable decorative features .
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Ely Cathedral (England)
1092 AD
The Pisa Cathedral is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy. It is a notable example of Romanesque architecture, in particular the style known as Pisan Romanesque. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Pisa.
Source :Pisa Cathedral - Wikipedia
King's College Chapel, Cambridge (England)
742 AD
It's an ancient Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church in the center of Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. One of the most ancient churches in Milan, it was commissioned by St. Ambrose in 379–386, in an area where numerous martyrs of the Roman persecutions had been buried. The first name of the church was in fact Basilica Martyrum . The church building has undergone several restorations and partial reconstructions, assuming the current appearance in the 12th Century, when it was rebuilt in the Romanesque style .
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St. George in Nördlingen (Germany)
1544 AD
The Basilica of Saint Martin is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, located in Tours, France. It was established here in the 5th century (consecrated in 471) on the site of an earlier chapel 3. Saint Martin was Bishop of Tours and his shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela.
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Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint_Martin,_Tours
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St. Barbara at Kutná Hora (Czech Republic)
1080-1120
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin is a church in Toulouse, France, the former abbey church of the Abbey of Saint-Sernin or St Saturnin. Apart from the church, none of the abbey buildings remain. The current church is located on the site of a previous basilica of the 4th century which contained the body of Saint Saturnin or Sernin, the first bishop of Toulouse in c. 250. Constructed in the Romanesque style between about 1080 and 1120, with construction continuing thereafter, Saint-Sernin is the largest remaining Romanesque building in Europe .
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Sernin,_Toulouse
Milan Cathedral (Italy)
1568 - 15751
The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques, France, was a popular stop for pilgrims traveling the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of St. Foy, a young woman martyred during the fourth century. The relics of St. Foy arrived in Conques through theft in 866. After unsuccessful attempts to acquire the relics of St. Vincent of Saragossa and then St. Vincent of Toulouse, the abbey authorities set their sights on the relics of St. Foy at the monastery in Sélestat. A monk from Conques posed as a loyal monk in Sélestat for nearly a decade in order to get close enough to the relics to steal them.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Church_of_Sainte-Foy
SS , Giovani e Paolo, Italy
9th century
Santiago de Compostela is the capital city of Galicia, Spain, and one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in the world. The city’s Cathedral is the destination of the Way of St James, a major Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. According to tradition, the remains of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ, are buried in the cathedral .
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