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an old building with two towers and cars parked in front of it on the street

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_architecture Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular...

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an old church with two towers under a cloudy sky

Cluny, town, east-central France, Saône-et-Loire département, Burgundy (Bourgogne) région, northwest of Mâcon. It owed its early importance to its celebrated Benedictine abbey, founded in 910 by Duke William the Pious of Aquitaine. The newly founded order introduced reform in a period of general monastic laxity, returning to a strict observance of the Benedictine Rule. The abbey, subject to no authority but that of the pope, developed a centralization previously unknown in the Benedictine…

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The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is the work of the Spanish architect Enric Sagnier and was completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal.

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an aerial view of the dome of st peter's cathedral in rome, italy

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.

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an old church with a stone alter and stained glass window in the center is shown

The church is believed to be built on the site of a Roman Temple and is remarkable in that it is the only Saxon church in Dorset which survives in anything like its original state. The original building dates from 1030.

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If you are not French, it’s likely you haven’t ever heard the word “Saintonge”, and have no clue what it means. If you are French, it’s probably the same thing. Unless, that is, you are a fan of Romanesque, in which case you know that Saintonge, that small region of France centered around the town of Saintes (hence the name), not far from the Atlantic Ocean, just North of Bordeaux... features the highest density of Romanesque churches of all the country! I had never visited that area of…

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the large cathedral has many windows on it

The Church of St. Ouen is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church in Rouen, northern France. Built on a similar scale to nearby Rouen Cathedral, it is, along with church of Saint Maclou, one of the principal Gothic monuments of Rouen.

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