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Basilique Saint-Denis, Ile de France
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The Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the city of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of unique importance historically and architecturally as its choir, completed in 1144, shows the first use of all of the elements of Gothic architecture.
The Basilica of St Denis ranks as an architectural landmark—as the first major structure of which a substantial part was designed and built in the Gothic style. Both stylistically and structurally, it heralded the change from Romanesque architecture to Gothic architecture.
The basilica became a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of the French Kings with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there, as well as many from previous centuries. (It was not used for the coronations of kings, that function being reserved for the Cathedral of Reims; however, French Queens were commonly crowned there.) "Saint-Denis" soon became the abbey church of a growing monastic complex.
Queens' College is one of the oldest colleges in Cambridge, and contains some architectural marvels, including this stunning medieval dining hall which dates from 1451 with later additions, including from the Victorian era.
Wikipedia: Torresotto is the name commonly given to the low towers overlooking the enclosures of city walls. The construction of the outer city walls commenced towards the end of the 12th century. Strada San Vitale, which has been documented since at least 1159, connected Bologna with Ravenna and the salt mines of Cervia.
Tallinn is the oldest capital city in Northern Europe.
Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world.
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Baddesley Clinton is a 15th century moated manor house, located near the historic town of Warwick. The original house was probably established sometime in the 13th century, though the present house dates from the 15th century. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the Hall is a Grade I listed building.
In 1438, John Brome, the Under-Treasurer of England, bought the manor. It then passed to his son, Nicholas, who is thought to have built the east range, which is the main entrance. The house from this period was equipped with gun-ports, and possibly a drawbridge. When Nicholas Brome died in 1517, the house passed to his daughter, who married Sir Edward Ferrers (High Sheriff of Warwickshire) in 1500. The house remained in the ownership of the Ferrers family until 1940. The estate was sold in 1980 to the National Trust, which now manages it.
The house has extensive formal gardens and ponds, with many of the farm buildings dating back to the 18th century. Inside the house, the interiors reflect its heyday in the Elizabethan era, when it was a haven for persecuted Catholics - there are three priest's holes.
Bryggen is a historic harbour district in Bergen, one of North Europe’s oldest port cities on the west coast of Norway which was established as a centre for trade by the 12th century.
In 1350 the Hanseatic League established a “Hanseatic Office” in Bergen. They gradually acquired ownership of Bryggen and controlled the trade in stockfish from Northern Norway through privileges granted by the Crown. The Hanseatic League established a total of four overseas Hanseatic Offices, Bryggen being the only one preserved today.
Bryggen is a historic harbour district in Bergen, one of North Europe’s oldest port cities on the west coast of Norway which was established as a centre for trade by the 12th century.
In 1350 the Hanseatic League established a “Hanseatic Office” in Bergen. They gradually acquired ownership of Bryggen and controlled the trade in stockfish from Northern Norway through privileges granted by the Crown. The Hanseatic League established a total of four overseas Hanseatic Offices, Bryggen being the only one preserved today.
Wikipedia: This is a historic motte-and-bailey castle where Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial. It was almost certainly the site of a fortification in pre-Roman times. The building of the current castle began in the 12th century and has been enlarged several times since then. It is a Grade I listed building.
The chapel is located next to the main gate of the castle. In 1904 the chapel of St Nicholas in the castle was reopened and re-consecrated, having been rebuilt as a national memorial of King Charles I.
The Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved medieval northern European trading city on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
The city developed as a significant centre of the Hanseatic League during the major period of activity of this great trading organization in the 13th-16th centuries.
One of Europe's most enchanting cities, Tallinn is a heady blend of medieval and modern, with narrow, cobbled streets set beneath the spires of 14th-century churches, and a wild mix of restaurants, cafés, boutiques and nightclubs hidden in the carved stone walls.
Read more: www.lonelyplanet.com/estonia/tallinn#ixzz3Ca7Hvmz8
Located in a picturesque area in the Hațeg Country, the "Saint Hierarch Nicholas" Church in Densuş is considered the oldest church in Romania. It was built on the ruins of a pagan temple dedicated to the god Mars, using finely cut stones brought from the ruins of the Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa fortress.
See stbotolphs.org.uk/about-us/church-history There is reference to a church on this site in 1125, although some claim an earlier church may have been here in Saxon times. The church was enlarged in the 15th century, and rebuilt the following century and, though it escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666, by 1741 it had become dilapidated and an Act of Parliament was passed allowing the old church to be pulled down. The church you see today was built in 1744.
Being the funerary church of the castle town, Evangelistria is simpler, humbler, and more elegant than the nearby Mitropolis. It was built at some point between the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century. As expected due to its function, it is surrounded by graves and ossuaries.
Mystras, the ‘wonder of the Morea’, lies in the southeast of the Peloponnese. The town developed down the hillside from the fortress built in 1249 by the prince of Achaia, William II of Villehardouin, at the top of a 620 m high hill overlooking Sparta. The Franks surrendered the castle to the Byzantines in 1262, it was the centre of Byzantine power in southern Greece, first as the base of the military governor and from 1348 as the seat of the Despotate of Morea. Captured by the Turks in 1460, it was occupied thereafter by them and the Venetians. After 1834 the inhabitants of Mystras gradually started to move to the modern town of Sparta leaving only the breath-taking medieval ruins, standing in a beautiful landscape.
Source and more information: UNESCO, World Heritage List
When my friend and I traveled to Lisbon, Portugal a couple years ago we spent most of our 5 days there exploring random little alleys and streets. One morning we decided to walk into a church and wound up discovering these ruins of a gothic church-- a result of an earthquake in the 18th Century. It was hauntingly beautiful and amazingly well preserved. It's remarkable what you can discover when you simply wander!
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"DANCER" SOLD 2012: This is an abstract art sculpture It's about the movement between fluid and fixed displacement in a forever twisting human female body dancing without total collapse using solid materials. I used soft clay as a template then finally wood as my medium by SDB Designs sculpted by Sean Broadbent. #sdbdesigns #seanbroadbent #sculpture #carving #art #artist #woodworking #architecture #wood #interiordesigner #designer #sculptor #design #femaleform #heritage #traditional #london #abstract #woman #female #leeds #Halifax #abstractart #abstractsculpture #cambridge #medievalarchitecture #oxford #Manchester #femaledancing #joinery
Notre Dame Cathedral, seen from the banks of the River Seine, prior to the April 15, 2019 fire that gutted the interior of the cathedral and toppled its spire.
Cotehele House is a well preserved, and little altered, Tudor manor house on the banks of the River Tamar. Cotehele has a series of formal gardens near the house (pictured) plus a richly planted valley garden.
Cotehele was owned by the Edgcumbe family for nearly six centuries. It is one of the least altered medieval houses in the country and contains original furniture, armour and a set of remarkable tapestries.
The present house was built between 1485 and 1539 when Sir Richard Edgcumbe started to completely remodel the original 13th century property. His son Sir Piers Edgcumbe (1472-1539) completed the new house. His son Richard built a new family seat, Mount Edgcumbe, in 1553. The family moved to Mount Edgcumbe in the 17th century but they continued to own Cotehele until 1947 when it was accepted by the Treasury in payment of death duty and given to the National Trust. This was the first property in Britain to be acquired by Trust via the "in lieu of death duty" route.