Floor Plan Of Romanesque Pilgrimage Church

Larger churches were needed to accommodate numerous monks and priests as well as the pilgrims who came to view saints relics.

Floor plan of romanesque pilgrimage church.

This is the largest romanesque church in spain. The need for defensive. It was the product of monastic expansion. Both churches had thick walls and barrel vaults.

Romanesque architecture was current in europe from the mid 11th century to the advent of gothic architecture. Romanesque architects re used the rounded arches wall masses and barrel vaults of the romans but they also introduced changes. On the exterior the bell tower standing directly over the transept crossing is the most visible feature. 3 minute read by inés monteira.

It is divided into five tiers of which the lower three with romanesque arches date from the. Normally the orientation of the church is such that the altar lies at the east end of the church facing jerusalem. For these and other reasons saint sernin s is often said to follow the pilgrimage plan instead of the traditional basilica plan. Romanesque architecture was the first distinctive style to spread across europe since the roman empire with the decline of rome roman building methods survived to an extent in western europe where successive merovingian carolingian and ottonian architects continued to build large stone buildings such as monastery churches and palaces.

People and wealth moved along the pilgrimage routes of europe sparking the building of romanesque churches to welcome travelers and house holy relics. Sernin s floor plan similar to that of santiago but also the romanesque style. Both were also constructed with red brick and had many white stones for sculptures. Romanesque architecture emerged around 800 ad due in part due to the growing need for larger churches as monasticism or sequestered religious communities grew in size.

In the more northern countries roman building. Xavi gomez cover getty images cropped although certain characteristics are associated with what we call romanesque art and architecture the look of individual buildings can vary widely from century to century from a building s purpose e g church or fortress and from region to region. Romanesque church of st climent de taüll 1123 ad catalonia spain.