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- Significant structural
developments
of high Romanesque of

Burgundy (France)
Normandy (England)
Lombardy (Italy)

- In monastic churches, principal features of Carolingian planning survived


strongly.
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AIX LA CHAPELLE
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IDEAL PLAN OF
ST. GALL
IDEAL PLAN OF ST. GALL
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ST. MICHAEL, HILDESHEIM


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GERNRODE ABBEY
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SPEYER CATHEDRAL
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CHURCH OF THE APOSTLE, COLOGNE


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ST. RIQUIER ABBEY


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WORMS CATHEDRAL
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MAINZ CATHEDRAL
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MARIA LAACH ABBEY


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TRIER CATHEDRAL
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Romanesque in Spain is influenced
by Iberian Peninsula via Italy and
France

James the Great


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Catalan Region
where Romanesque in Spain arrived first
and then developed

Camino de Santiago and


Benedictine Monasteries
helped in the development of
Romanesque
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Reconquista and Repoblacion


movements which greatly favoured
the Romanesque development.
Reconquista ROMANESQUE
the series of military campaigns by which Christian SPAIN
armies reclaimed control of the Iberian Peninsula
from the Moors, starting in the eighth century
and culminating in the fall of Granada in 1492.
Repoblacion
was the ninth-century repopulating of a large region
between the River Duero and the Cantabrian
Mountains which had been depopulated in the
early years of the Reconquista
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first female
ambassador in
European history

Isabella the Catholic


reigned as Queen of Castile from 1474.
Her marriage to Ferdinand II in 1469 became the basis
for the unification of Spain and reorganized the
governmental system
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ST. JUAN DE BAŇOS DE CERRATO


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ST. JULIAN DE LOS PRADOS


- also known as Santullano in Asturias, Spain.
- one of the greatest works of Asturian art and was declared an Historical-Artistic
Monument by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in June 1917 and a World Heritage Site
by UNESCO on 2 December 1998.
- dedicated to the martyred Egyptian saints
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ST. MARIA DE NARANCO


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ST. CRISTINA DE LENA


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ST. MIGUEL DE ESCALADA


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LA LUGAREJA, AREVALO
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ST. MARTIN DE FROMISTA


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The original Romanesque
style monastery was built
from 1005 to 1009 by
Guifred,
Count of Cerdanya ,

in atonement for the murder


of his son and was populated
by Benedictine monks.

MONASTERY OF ST. MARTIN DU CANIGOU


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Santiago de Compostela

- the last station of St. James pilgrim trek


- an excellent example of Romanesque architecture and sculpture
- PUERTA de la PLATERIA (silversmiths' gate) the only strictly Romanesque part
of facade
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CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA


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ST. TIRSO, SAHAGUN


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ST. MARIA, RIPOLL


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ST. ISIDORO, LEON


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ALMONACID CASTILE
derived from a Spanish word meaning "The battlements of El Cid".
El Cid (a very famous Spanish knight who played a great role during
the Reconquest.

derived from a Latin word; "almonaster", meaning monastery as the


castle was called "ribat" (Moorish for monastery) by the Moors.
the castle was inhabited by Moorish knight monks.
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LOARRE
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AVILA, CASTILE
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BERLANGA DE DUERO, SORIA

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