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    Romanesque architecture developed in medieval Europe and was characterized by semicircular arches. The Pisa Cathedral is a notable example of Romanesque architecture from the 12th century in Italy. Construction began in 1603 and was enlarged in the early 12th century under the architect Rainaldo. The cathedral has a symmetrical cross-shaped plan with thick walls and small windows, and the interior features white and black marble columns with Corinthian capitals.

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    Romanesque architecture developed in medieval Europe and was characterized by semicircular arches. The Pisa Cathedral is a notable example of Romanesque architecture from the 12th century in Italy. Construction began in 1603 and was enlarged in the early 12th century under the architect Rainaldo. The cathedral has a symmetrical cross-shaped plan with thick walls and small windows, and the interior features white and black marble columns with Corinthian capitals.

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    Romanesque architecture developed in medieval Europe and was characterized by semicircular arches. The Pisa Cathedral is a notable example of Romanesque architecture from the 12th century in Italy. Construction began in 1603 and was enlarged in the early 12th century under the architect Rainaldo. The cathedral has a symmetrical cross-shaped plan with thick walls and small windows, and the interior features white and black marble columns with Corinthian capitals.

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    Romanesque Architecture

    History of architecture

    By – YAKSHALI TEJANI
    JINAL KACHHADIA
    AASTHA KHURANA
    DIVYA SOJITRA
    SHIVANI KUMARI
    ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
     ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE IS AN 
    ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE
     CHARACTERIZED BY SEMI-CIRCULAR ARCHES. IN THE 12TH
    CENTURY IT DEVELOPED INTO THE GOTHIC STYLE, MARKED
    BY POINTED ARCHES.
     COMBINING FEATURES OF ANCIENT ROMAN AND BYZANTINE
     BUILDINGS AND OTHER LOCAL TRADITIONS, ROMANESQUE
    ARCHITECTURE IS KNOWN BY ITS MASSIVE QUALITY, THICK
    WALLS, ROUND ARCHES, STURDY PILLARS, BARREL VAULTS,
    LARGE TOWERS AND DECORATIVE ARCADING.
     MANY CASTLES WERE BUILT DURING THIS PERIOD, BUT
    THEY ARE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED BY CHURCHES. THE
    MOST SIGNIFICANT ARE THE GREAT ABBEY CHURCHES,
    MANY OF WHICH ARE STILL STANDING, MORE OR LESS
    COMPLETE AND FREQUENTLY IN USE.[1]
     THE LARGEST GROUPS OF ROMANESQUE SURVIVORS ARE IN
    AREAS THAT WERE LESS PROSPEROUS IN SUBSEQUENT
    PERIODS, INCLUDING PARTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE, RURAL
    SPAIN AND RURAL ITALY
    PISA CATHEDRAL
    BAPISTERY

    CAMPOSANTO MEMORIAL SHRINES LEANING TOWER OF PISA


    INTRODUCTION

     PISA CATHEDRAL IS A
    MEDIEVAL ROMAN CATHOLIC
    CATHEDRAL DEDICATED TO
    THE ASSUMPTION OF VIRGIN
    MARY, IN PIAZZA DEI
    MIRACOLI IN PISA, ITALY.
     IT IS A NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF
    ROMANESQUE
    ARCHITECTURE AND IN THE
    PARTICULAR STYLE IT IS
    ALSO KNOWN AS THE PISAN
    ROMANESQUE.
     ARCHITECT OF THE PISA
    CATHEDRAL ARE BUSCHETO
    AND RAINALDO.
    HISTORY
     CONSTRUCTION ON THE CATHEDRAL BEGAN IN
    1603 BY THE ARCHITECT BUSCHETO.
     THE CHURCH WAS ERECTED OUTSIDE PISA’S
    EARLY MEDIEVAL WALLS, TO SHOW PISA HAD NO
    FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED.
     IN THE EARLY 12TH CENTURY THE CATHEDRAL
    WAS ENLARGED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
    ARCHITECT RAINALDO, WHO INCREASED THE
    LENGTH OF THE NAVE BY ADDING THREE BAYS
    CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF
    BUSCHETO, ENLARGED THE TRANSEPT, AND
    PLANNED A NEW FACADE.
     THE STRUCTURE’S PRESENT APPEARANCE IS THE
    RESULT OF NUMEROUS RESTORATION
    CAMPAIGNS THAT WERE CARRIED OUT IN
    DIFFERENT ERAS.
    PLAN

    APSE
    CHOIR
    111
    CROSSING
    NAVE
    TRANSEPT
    AISLE
    THICK WALLS

    SYMMETRICAL
    SMALL
    PLAN
    WINDOWS

    THE MAIN CONCEPT OF THE BUILDING IS ITS CROSS SHAPE,WHICH


    INDICATES ITS ARCHITECTURE FOR RELIGION.
    SECTION
    ELEVATION
    INTERIOR VIEW

    THE INTERIOR SUB DIVIDED


    AT THE FRONT INTO A
    CENTRAL NAVE FLANKED BY
    TWO SIDE AISLES ON EITHER
    SID AND WITH TRANSEPT
    AND APSE IN THREE NAVES,
    IS COVERED WITH WHITE
    AND BLACK MARBLE WITH
    MONOLITHIC GREY MARBLE
    COLUMNS HAVING
    CORINTHIAN CAPITALS.
    Materials
    THE RICH EXTERIOR DECORATION
    CONTAINS MULTICOLORED
    MARBLE, MOSAIC, AND NUMEROUS
    BRONZE OBJECTS AMONG WHICH IS
    THE GRIFFIN WHICH WAS PLACED
    ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE
    ROOF.

    THE FACADE OF GREY AND WHITE MARBLE,


    DECORATED WITH COLORED MARBLE INSERTS, WAS
    BUILT BY MASTER RAINALDO.
    THE GRANITE CORINTHIAN
    COLUMNS BETWEEN THE
    NAVE AND THE APSE COME
    FROM THE MOSQUE OF
    PALERMO.

    THE HEAVY BRONZE DOORS OF


    THE FACADE WERE MADE BY
    DIFFERENT FLORENTINE ARTISTS
    IN THE 17TH CENTURY.

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