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Definition of: Romanesque architecture
The prevailing style, developed from Roman principles, of Western architecture from the 5th to the 12th centuries, embracing the Saxon, Norman, Lombard, etc., characterized by the round arch and general massiveness. It reached its best form in France in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Notre Dame la Grande, Poitiers, France, A.D. 11th Century.
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