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Spread of Romanesque Architecture in Europe in the 1070s
In the 1070s Romanesque architecture spread widely across Western Europe, driven by monastic and cathedral building activity.…
Timeline
- 1071–1076Cluny · FranceThe Cluniac monastery system and other Benedictine monasteries continued expanding stone churches in the 1070s, employing rounded arches and experimenting with rib vaults, becoming models for the spread of the Romanesque style to various regions.
- 1077–1080Pisa · ItalyConstruction sites such as the Piazza dei Miracoli complex in Pisa continued progressing in the late 1070s, with marble facades and baptistery structures embodying the Italian Romanesque variant; meanwhile, church rebuilding in England after the Norman Conquest adopted similar forms.
Sources
- Romanesque architecture https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-architecture-Romanesque
- Romanesque architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_architecture