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Romanesque
San Miniato
Florence, Italy
(11th c.)
San Miniato, plan and section
San Miniato, interior
Baptistery, Florence
Romanesque, section
St. Michael, Hildesheim, Germany (Holy Roman Empire) c.1000
St. Michael, Hildesheim
St. Michael, Hildesheim, plan
St. Michael, Hildesheim, interior
St. Sernin,
Toulouse, France c.1100
St. Sernin
St. Sernin
St. Sernin
St. Sernin
pier in nave
aisle
Durham Cathedral, Durham, England (begun 1093) Note the ribbed vaults, a precursor of Gothic
Romanesque vault construction, View from below: note how a single bay of the nave is flanked by two bays in each aisle resulting in a rhythmical alternation of
major and minor piers along the nave
Sainte Foy, Façade
Tympanum sculpture depicting the Last Judgment, an appropriate theme for pilgrims seeking penance
transept
