romanesque

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

The interesting Romanesque Church of Kallundborg was also visited. — Denmark, M. Pearson Thomson
Then, while Rome is undergoing gradual dismemberment, Romanesque architecture dies. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
Of this sacred edifice--Romanesque and dating from the tenth century--little remained beyond the crypt and the stump of the tower. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

Romanesque architecture

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