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Stone vs Brick - Castles and Cathedrals - History Forum Am I correct in saying most European Castles and Cathederals are made of stone - most likely limestone? Brick seems to have been a perfectly viable alternative As shown by the brick gothic style found most typically in northern Germany and the Baltic Brick Gothic - Wikipedia Brick seems
Construction labor, motives. . . Cathedral of NotreDame In summary does the wealth and spendor of the cathedrals we see amount to solid evidence of exploitation of the poor by the wealthy Was there slave labor? Generally the workers were highly skilled, one of the reasons these things took so long to build Here is a modern version They started in 1886 Expect to finish by 2026
Why is Europes Historical Heritage So Much More Impressive? Europeans like Marco Polo loved writing about what impressed them about cities in East Asia (such as canals and bridges in Hangzhou) even when the folks back home were building cathedrals Even in the 16th century you have Jesuit missionaries, who by occupation are probably familiar with the
Church Builders: How the medieval churches were constructed Hi everyone I recently published my new 3D animated short documentary about medieval church architecture of Northern Europe, with some examples from Denmark It's essentially about "How to build a church" Many of our early churches were made of wood, later they were made of red bricks
Castles of the Holy Roman Empire? - History Forum I'm wondering what were the main royal residences of the Holy Roman emperors between 1200 and 1500 AD, because I can't find much on this topic online I presume these would have been rather grandiose and powerful castles but it seems not much remains of any of them Could anyone help me out
Did Groin Vaults always require buttresses? (Medieval Architecture . . . Stone vaults are one of the characteristics of Gothic cathedrals Click to expand Your are incorrect Stone vaults in churches were used before Gothic architecture, in the preceding Romanesque style and in the styles preceding Romanesque, and those churches often or always had butresses
The Diversity Of Early African Architecture Ruins Thread There should be plenty of interesting examples that tickle your fancy, such as the Nubian cathedrals like Faras, or large churches like Banganarti, the palaces of Dahomey, Ashanti, Benin, and the Sudanic Belt, the great mosques of Muslim Africa, the royal stone enclosures of the Zimbabwe cultures, elite Swahili architecture the great city walls
North-west of England during the Anglo Saxon era - History Forum Part of the problem is that right through the middle ages the north-west was the poorest and most backward part of England Even the compilers of the Domesday Book began to lose interest and record less detail when they moved north of the River Mersey All the great cathedrals and monastic churches are to be found on the east side of the Pennines - York, Beverley, Durham There is nothing like
Why do Ancient Chinese architecture hardly ever go up? 2) Cathedrals are a masterpiece of engineering, not just stacks of rocks stacked up on each other Just Look at the hanging buttresses designed to resist the outward thrust of the ceiling or the vaulted ceilings held together by a single keystone
Castles: YAY! | History Forum i love looking at castles--it just boggles the mind how some of them were built--like the ones hanging over a cliff or some other impossible looking location we've got a thread here somewhere that shows some of them--there's a thread with pictures of cathedrals churches that are just amazing we don't have anything comparable in the US