| |
|
Interior looking the east choir |
About 960 |
| Abbey church |
Kelso |
The west front viewed from the interior |
Middle of XII century |
| Abbey church |
Marmoutier - Maurmunster |
West front |
About 1150 |
| Abbey church |
Mont-Saint-Michel |
Interior, detail of the central nave |
1059 |
| Abbey church |
Murbach |
East front |
About 1150 |
| Abbey church |
Romsey |
Interior looking southeast |
Middle of XII century |
| Abbey church |
Solignac |
Interior |
1130 |
| Abbey church |
Valdedios |
Interior looking southeast |
XIII century |
| Abbey church of Notre-Dame |
Jumieges |
South wall of the central nave |
1037 - 67 |
| |
|
The west front |
1037 - 67 |
| |
|
Interior |
1037 - 67 |
| Abbey church of Sankt Joahann |
Munstair (Graubünden) |
View of the apses |
VII - VIII century |
| Abbey church of Svaty Prokop |
Trebic (Moravia) |
The crypt |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior looking west |
XIII century |
| Abbey of Fleury |
Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire |
Interior of the choir looking southeast |
About 1073 |
| All Saints |
Earls Barton |
The tower |
X century |
| Badia Fiesolana |
Florence |
Facade |
XI - XII century |
| Baptistery of Saint-Jean |
Poitiers |
Exterior |
Merovingian period, 700 - 750 |
| Baptistery of San Giovanni |
Florence |
Interior of the vault |
XII century |
| |
|
Exterior |
XII century |
| |
|
The vault |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XII century |
| Basilica |
Altenkrempe |
Interior |
XIII century |
| Basilica of La Madeleine |
Vezelay |
Interior, detail of the choir and of the transept |
1175 - 1200 |
| Benedectine abbey church |
Maria Laach (near Coblenza) |
Esterior view |
Begun 1093 |
| |
|
Interior |
Begun 1093 |
| |
|
Exterior |
Begun 1093 |
| Benedectine abbey church |
Sant Llorenc del Munt |
Nave and trasept looking northwest |
Completed 1064 |
| |
|
Exterior |
Completed 1064 |
| Benedectine abbey church |
Schwarzrheindorf |
Exterior, the east end |
1151 |
| Benedectine abbey church |
Tewkesbury |
West front |
About 1100 |
| Benedectine abbey church of La Madeleine |
Vezelay |
Interior looking northeast |
1139 |
| |
|
Interior |
1175 - 1200 |
| Benedectine abbey church of Sainte-Foy |
Conques |
Interior looking northeast |
XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the east, the apsis |
XII century |
| Benedectine convent church of Sankt Georg und Maria |
Lippoldsberg |
Hall under the nuns gallery |
XII century |
| Benedectine priory church of Notre-Dame |
Orcival |
Interior, the crossing looking northwest |
1100 - 1125 |
| |
|
Interior, view from the south crossarm into the crossing tower and the north
crossarm |
1100 - 1125 |
| Benedictin abbey church of Santa Maria |
Pomposa |
The bell tower and church |
About 1036 |
| |
|
Interior looking west |
About 1036 |
| Castle chapel |
Aragón |
Interior looking east |
XII century |
| Cathedral vieja |
Salamanca |
View of the apsis |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Acerenza |
The east end, detail of the apsis |
XI - XII century |
| Cathedral |
Angers |
Interior looking east |
XII - XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Angouleme |
Facade |
XII century |
| Cathedral |
Auxerre |
Crypt |
1035 - 45 |
| Cathedral |
Banberga |
Exterior, the east end |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior looking toward the east choir |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Bari |
Interior looking west |
XI - XII century |
| Cathedral |
Bayeux |
Crypt |
1201 - 04 |
| Cathedral |
Bitonto |
Exterior from the southwest |
XI - XII century |
| |
|
Facade |
XI - XII century |
| Cathedral |
Braunschweig |
Interior looking northeast |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Casale Monferrato |
Interior, detail of the vaults |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Durham |
Exterior from the norteast |
Begun 1093 |
| |
|
The central nave |
Begun 1093 |
| Cathedral |
Ely |
Interior, the central nave looking southwest |
Since 1090 |
| |
|
Exterior |
Begun 1090 |
| |
|
Interior, the east transept |
Since 1090 |
| Cathedral |
Herefort |
Interior, the east wall of south crossarm |
About 1100 |
| Cathedral |
Ivrea |
Crypt, ambulatory |
960 - 1002 |
| Cathedral |
Jaca |
Interior looking southeast |
XII century |
| Cathedral |
Le Mans |
Interior, central nave |
1150 - 1215 |
| Cathedral |
Le Puy |
Interior |
XI - XII century |
| Cathedral |
Minden |
Exterior view |
1065 |
| |
|
Interior, detail fo choir wall |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Modena |
Exterior |
Begun 1099 |
| |
|
Interior looking east toward the 12th-century choir enclosure |
Begun 1099 |
| |
|
Interior |
Begun 1099 |
| Cathedral |
Monreale |
Interior looking northeast |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior, detail |
XIII century |
| |
|
Sanctuary |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Paderborn |
Interior of the Chapel of Sankt Bartholomaus |
XI - XII century |
| Cathedral |
Palermo |
Exterior |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Parma |
Facade |
Begun 1125 |
| |
|
Gothic bell tower and baptistery |
Begun 1125 |
| Cathedral |
Piacenza |
Interior |
XIII century |
| |
|
Façade |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Pisa |
Interior |
1063 - 1121 |
| Cathedral |
Ratzeburg |
Exterior of the south flank with the fore-hall at the left |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Soest |
Interior view |
XII century |
| Cathedral |
Speyer |
Interior |
1152 |
| |
|
South crossarm |
1152 |
| |
|
Interior view into the choir and the apse |
1152 |
| |
|
Interior of the north crossarm |
1152 |
| |
|
Interior of the apse |
1152 |
| |
|
Crypt, transept looking northeast |
1030 - 61 |
| |
|
The oriental apse view from the northeast |
1152 |
| Cathedral |
Tarragona |
Interior detail |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Tournay |
Exterior from the northwest |
Middle of XII century |
| |
|
Interior of the south crossarm |
Middle of XII century |
| Cathedral |
Trier |
The apse, looking from west |
1046 |
| |
|
View of the apsis |
1046 |
| Cathedral |
Tudela |
Interior, transept |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Worms |
Interior looking northeast |
Middle of XIII century |
| |
|
Exterior of the west choir |
Middle of XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Zamora |
Exterior, the east end |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior looking across the central nave |
XII century |
| Cathedral and bell tower |
Pisa |
From the southwest |
1063 - 1121 |
| Cathedral of L'Assunta |
Acqui |
Exterior of the apses |
1067 |
| Cathedral of L'Assunta |
Gerace |
Crypt looking east |
XII century |
| Cathedral of L'Assunta |
Troia |
Exterior, detail of the aspis |
XIII century |
| Cathedral of Saint-Caprais |
Agen |
Exterior, the east end |
XII century |
| Cathedral of San Salvador |
Avila |
Exterior, the east end |
1175 - 1200 |
| Cathedral of Sankt George |
Limburg-and-der-Lahn |
View of the cupola |
Middle of XII century |
| |
|
Interior looking southeast into the transept |
Middle of XII century |
| |
Limburg-an-der-Lahn |
West front |
Middle of XII century |
| |
Limburg-an-der-Lahn |
Interior looking into the crossing tower and the vault of the central nave |
Middle of XII century |
| Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta |
Torcello |
Interior |
About 1008 |
| |
|
Apsis |
About 1008 |
| Chapel of Sankt Gothard |
Mainz |
Interior looking east |
1095 - 99 |
| Church of Sant Pere de Cassere |
Sant Pere de Cassere |
Exterior |
X century |
| Church |
Echillais |
West Facade |
XII century |
| Church |
Eunate |
Exterior |
XIII century |
| Church of Notre-Dame |
Maastricht |
Interior |
XIII century |
| Church of the former Cistercian nunnery of Neuwerk |
Goslar |
Interior looking east |
XIII century |
| |
|
Exterior, view of the apsis |
XIII century |
| Church of the Santo Sepolcro |
Torres del Rio |
Interior, detail of the vault |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior of the dome |
XIII century |
| |
|
Exterior view |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey |
Zwettl |
Interior of the chapter house |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
Eberbach |
Interior looking east |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
Heilingenkreuz |
Interior looking east |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
Heisterbach |
Vestiges of the choir ambulatory vaults |
XIII century |
| |
|
Vestiges of the choir ambulatory vaults |
XIII century |
| |
|
Vestiges of the choir ambulatory vaults |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
L'Escale-Dieu |
Interior looking west |
XIII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
Pontigny |
Interior looking east |
Middle of XII century |
| Cistercian abbey church |
Rievalux |
View of the ruins |
Middle of XII century |
| Cistercian abbey church of Santa Maria |
Morimondo |
Façade |
XIII century |
| |
|
Exterior |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XIII century |
| Cistercian monastery |
Schonau |
Interior of the refectory |
XIII century |
| Collegiate church |
Le Dorat |
Interior looking southeast |
XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the northwest |
XII century |
| Collegiate church |
Lillers |
The central nave looking southwest |
XII century |
| Collegiate church of Saint-Vincente |
Soignies |
Interior looking northeast |
1097 |
| |
|
Exterior from the northwest showing the trasept and crossing tower |
1097 |
| Convent of San Juan de Duero |
Soria |
Detail of the cloister |
XIII century |
| Donjon |
Beauency |
Exterior |
XIII century |
| Donjon |
Loches |
Exterior |
XIII century |
| Cathedral |
Piacenza |
Interior, detail of the vaults |
XIII century |
| Former Benedectine abbey church |
Alpirsbach |
Interior looking east |
1095 - 99 |
| Former Benedectine abbey Church |
Corvey |
Crypt |
822 - 44 |
| |
|
Interior of the Jahanneschor |
822 - 44 |
| |
|
Exterior view of the Westwerk |
873 - 85 |
| Former cathedral of Notre-Dame |
Lescar |
Interior looking northeast |
XIII century |
| Former priory church |
Surburg |
Interior looking east |
1050 - 75 |
| Fortified Benedectine priory church |
Royat |
Exterior from the southwest |
XIII century |
| Gatehouse of the former Benedectine abbey |
Lorsch |
View from the west |
About 760 |
| |
|
Detail view of the ground and first floor |
About 760 |
| |
|
Facade |
About 760 |
| Gross-Sankt-Martin |
Cologne |
Exterior from the southeast |
1152 |
| Knights Templar's church of La Vera Cruz |
Segovia |
Exterior |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XII century |
| Liebfrauenkirche |
Halberstadt |
Exterior view |
About 1100 |
| Marienkirche |
Herford |
Interior looking northwest |
XII century |
| Minster |
Bonn |
Interior looking northeast |
1150 - 1250 |
| Minster |
Essen |
Interior of the west choir |
1039 - 58 |
| Minster |
Gandersheim |
West Front |
1070 |
| Minster |
Southwell |
Facade |
About 1100 |
| |
|
Exterior |
About 1100 |
| Minster of Sankt Maria und Sankt Markus |
Mittelzell (isola di Reichenau) |
The west front |
Completed 1048 |
| Monastery church |
San Miguel de Escalada |
Interior |
913 |
| |
|
Interior |
913 |
| Monastery church |
San Pedro de Roda |
Interior detail |
1022 |
| |
|
Interior detail |
1022 |
| Palatine Chapel |
Aachen |
Detail view of the galleried walls |
790 - 800 |
| |
|
Interior, the vault |
790 - 800 |
| Parish church |
Neuvy-Saint-Sepulcre |
Interior detail of the dome |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior of the rotunda |
XII century |
| Parish Church |
Vignory |
Interior view |
1049 |
| |
|
Interior view |
1049 |
| Pieve |
Arezzo |
Facade |
XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the east, the apse |
XII century |
| Priory church |
Chatel-Montagne |
Interior looking east |
XII century |
| Priory church |
Paray-le-Monial |
Crossing with a view into the central nave and north crossarm |
Previous 1100 |
| |
|
Interior |
Previous 1100 |
| Priory church |
Sainte-Nectaire |
Exterior from the south |
1130 |
| Ruins of the abbey church of Notre-Dame |
Jumieges |
Exterior |
1037 - 67 |
| Ruins of the Benedictine abbey church |
Hersfeld |
Interior, transept and choir looking northeast |
1038 - 40 |
| |
|
Interior |
1038 - 40 |
| Saint Peter church |
Moissac |
Tower interior |
XII century |
| |
|
Tower vault |
XII century |
| Saint- Germain |
Auxerre |
Crypt |
841 - 65 |
| |
|
Crypt |
841 - 65 |
| Saint-Bénigne |
Dijon |
Crypt |
XII - XII century |
| Saint-Etienne |
Caen |
Lower portion of the west front |
1064 |
| Saint-Etienne |
Nevers |
The apses |
Begun 1063 |
| |
|
Interior looking southeast |
Begun 1063 |
| |
|
Exterior |
Begun 1063 |
| Saint-Etienne |
Perigueux |
Exterior, the east end |
1119 |
| |
|
Interior |
1119 |
| |
|
Interior, looking the apse |
1119 |
| Saint-Etienne |
Vignory |
Interior |
1049 |
| Saint-Eutrope |
Saintes |
Exterior of the choir from the south |
XII century |
| Saint-Hadelin |
Celles |
Interior looking southeast |
XI century |
| Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand |
Poitiers |
Nave looking southeast |
1049 - 1096 |
| Saint-Leonard |
Sain-Leonard-de-Noblat |
Exterior of the tower from the northwest |
XIII century |
| Saint-Martin |
Candes |
Interior looking northwest |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior, detail of the vault |
XII century |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs |
Paris |
Interior of the choir |
Middle of XII century |
| |
|
Exterior of the east end, the apsis |
Middle of XII century |
| Saint-Nicolas |
Civray |
Facade |
XII century |
| Saint-Ours |
Loches |
Exterior from the north |
XII century |
| Saint-Pierre |
Saintes |
Crypt |
XII century |
| Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul |
Rosheim |
Interior, central nave.looking northwest |
1125 - 50 |
| Saint-Pierre-de-la-Tour |
Aulnay-de Saintonge |
Interior looking northeast |
XII century |
| Saint-Remi |
Reims |
View of the apsis |
1175 - 1225 |
| |
|
Interior |
1049 |
| Saint-Samson |
Ouistreham |
Interior looking northwest |
XI - XII century |
| Saint-Serge |
Angers |
Interior looking northeast |
XII century |
| Sainte-Gertrude |
Nivelles |
View from the southeast |
1046 |
| Sainte-Marie |
Quarante |
Interior looking east |
XII century |
| Sainte-Sernin |
Toulouse |
Interior, detail of the transept |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XII century |
| Sainte-Trinité |
Caen |
Interior looking east |
1202 - 04 |
| San Benedetto |
Brindisi |
Interior, view into the vaults of the nave |
XIII century |
| San Bernardo |
Vercelli |
Interior looking east |
1175 - 1250 |
| San Cataldo |
Palermo |
Exterior from the northwest |
XIII century |
| San Corrado ("Duomo Vecchio") |
Molfetta |
Interior looking east |
After 1150 |
| |
|
Interior, view into the cupolas |
After 1150 |
| San Giovanni Battista |
Matera |
Interior looking northeast |
XIII century |
| San Isidoro |
Leon |
Panteon de los Reyes, interior |
XII century |
| San Julian de los Prados Basilica |
Oviedo |
Interior |
812 - 42 |
| |
|
Exterior |
812 - 42 |
| San Leonardo |
Siponto |
Exterior, north flank with portal |
XII century |
| San Marco |
Venezia |
Interior |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior |
XII century |
| San Miguel de Lillo |
Oviedo |
Exterior |
IX century |
| San Millan |
Segovia |
Exterior from the southeast |
XII century |
| San Miniato |
Florence |
Facade |
Begun 1097 |
| San Paragorio |
Noli |
Interior |
XI - XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the northeast |
XI - XII century |
| San Pedro de la Nave |
El Campillo (Zamora) |
Exterior view |
About 691 |
| San Pietro |
Gropino |
Interior looking east |
Begun 1097 |
| San Pietro |
Tuscania |
Interior looking southeast |
Begun 1097 |
| San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro |
Pavia |
Facade |
1132 |
| San Pietro in Consavia |
Asti |
Interior of the baptistery |
XII century |
| San Satiro, archiepiscopal chapel |
Milan |
Interior |
About 875 |
| San Tomé |
Almenno |
Interior |
XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the west |
XII century |
| |
|
Interior with view into the galleries and cupola |
XII century |
| San Vicente |
Avila |
Interior, the central nave |
1175 - 1200 |
| San Vincente del Castillo |
Cardona |
North side nave and central nave looking southeast |
1029 - 40 |
| |
|
Interior |
1029 - 40 |
| |
|
The apsis |
1029 - 40 |
| Sankt Apostolen |
Cologne |
Exterior, the apsis |
About 1200 |
| |
|
Interior, looking at the apsis |
About 1200 |
| |
|
Exterior |
About 1200 |
| Sankt Apostolen |
Colonia |
Interior detail view |
1175 - 1200 |
| Sankt Georg |
Oberzell (Reichenau) |
Interior |
About 890 |
| |
|
Interior looking east |
About 890 |
| Sankt Gereon |
Cologne |
Interior of the decagonal rotunda (from a pre-World War II photograph) |
1200 - 1225 |
| Sankt Gereon |
Cologne |
Exterior |
1200 - 1225 |
| Sankt Godehard |
Hildesheim |
The apse on the east end |
1133 - 1172 |
| Sankt Jakob |
Regensburg |
Interior looking east |
XIII century |
| Sankt Johannes Baptist |
Niederlahnstein |
Interior looking southeast |
XII century |
| Sankt Justinus |
Hochst |
Interior |
After 850 |
| Sankt Kunibert |
Colonia |
Interior looking northeast |
XIII century |
| Sankt Marcellinus und Sankt Petrus church |
Seligenstadt |
Interior looking east |
828 - 40 |
| Sankt Matthias Kapelle |
Kobern |
Interior |
XIII century |
| Sankt Michael |
Fulda |
Interior of the rotunda |
XIII century |
| Sankt Michael |
Hildesheim |
Interior looking east |
1010 - 33 |
| |
|
Interior, view into the south crossasm of the east transept |
1033 |
| |
|
Interior looking east |
1010 - 33 |
| Sankt Pantaleon |
Cologne |
Interior of upper story of the westwork looking southwest |
964 |
| |
|
Westwork |
964 |
| Sankt Patroklus |
Soest |
West front |
XIII century |
| Sankt Quirinus |
Neuss |
West front |
Middle of XII century |
| Sankt Servatius |
Quedlinburg |
Interior looking east |
Begun 1070 |
| Sankt Veit |
Ellwangen |
Exterior from southeast |
XIII century |
| Sant Jaume |
Frontanya |
Interior looking east |
Begun 1074 |
| Sant Ponc |
Corbera |
Interior |
Begun 1074 |
| |
|
View of the apse and of the south part |
Begun 1074 |
| Sant'Abbondio |
Como |
The apse |
About 1100 |
| |
|
Facade |
Begun 1063 |
| Sant'Ambrogio |
Milan |
Facade and quadriportico |
IX - XII century |
| |
|
Interior looking southeast |
IX - XII century |
| |
|
The apsis, view form the east |
1099 |
| Sant'Antimo abbey |
Montalcino |
The apsis |
XI - XII century |
| Sant'Etienne |
Caen |
Interior, elevation of the central nave |
Begun 1064 |
| Sant'Eufemia |
Spoleto |
Interior looking southwest, detail of the "matronei" |
XI - XII century |
| Santa Fede |
Cavagnolo Po |
Interior, the nave looking southeast |
XII century |
| Santa Maria |
La Tossa de Montbui |
Interior |
X century |
| |
|
The apsis |
X century |
| Santa Maria Assunta |
Lugnano in Taverina |
Interior looking east |
XII century |
| Santa Maria de Naranco (Palace of Ramiro I) |
Oviedo |
Exterior view |
842 - 48 |
| |
|
Interior |
842 - 48 |
| |
|
Exterior |
842 - 48 |
| Santa Maria del Tiglio |
Gravedona |
Northeast corner of the interior |
XIII century |
| |
|
Interior detail |
XIII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the southeast |
XIII century |
| Santa Maria e San Donato |
Murano |
The apse on the east end |
1137 |
| Santa Maria in Valle |
Cividale |
Interior |
Second half of VIII century |
| |
|
Detail of the interior |
Second half of the VIII century |
| Santa Maria Maggiore |
Lomello |
Interior looking northeast |
About 1036 |
| Santa Maria Maggiore |
Tuscania |
Facade |
XI - XII century |
| Santa Maria zur Hohe |
Soest |
Interior looking east |
XIII century |
| Santa Sofia |
Benevento |
Interior |
762 |
| Sint Servatius |
Maastricht |
The "Kaisersaal", imperial hall on the upper story of the west front |
Middle of XII century |
| |
|
Exterior from the southeast |
Middle of XII century |
| Snakt Maria und Sankt Marcus |
Mittelzell (Reichenau) |
Interior looking east |
Completed 1048 |
| Szent Gyorgy, benedectine abbey church |
Jak |
Facade |
XIII century |
| |
|
The east end |
XIII century |
| Szent Jakab, benedectine abbey church |
Lebeny |
Exterior |
XIII century |
| Walterichskapelle |
Murrhardt |
Exterior from the east |
XIII century |