ROMANESQUE IN

FRANCE
Chelsea Esmao
MIDDLE AGES
first architectural style that can
be found all over Europe, with
regional differences
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ROMANESQUE
a product of the architectural
experiments of the Carolingian
period and a response to the
needs of monasteries and
pilgrimage churches
Development of the The crusades
feudal system, that The pilgrimage routes
demanded work Expansion of religious
(castles) orders (Benedictines)
Chteau de Pierrefonds Chapaize, Burgundy, France

Fontevraud Abbey
 Saint Trophime,
victoria's best
ROMANESQUE Arles

IN FRANCE
Characterized
by various
vaulted styles
Pointed domes
and facades
Cluny Abbey,
decorated with
Sane-et-Loire
arches
Barrel-vaulted,
three-aisled
basilica
 Bourges Cathedral,
victoria's Bourges
best

ROMANESQUE
IN FRANCE
Tower with aisles Saint Sernin, Toulouse
Cross-shaped
Vzelay Cathedral
(11041170)
 Sources
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/fontevraud-abbey
https://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/DF_art2.shtml
http://www.slideshare.net/mfresnillo/romanesque-architecture
http://whc.unesco.org/?
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