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Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is the style of building that spread across western Europe from about 1000 to the late 12th century. It is marked by thick walls, round arches, barrel and groin vaults, massive piers and sculpted portals, and was used above all for churches and monasteries along pilgrimage routes. It gave way to Gothic from the mid-12th century.
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