Medieval Architecture
Gallery Four
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Historic old medieval city on the Neckar River. Exterior view of the Tuscan Romanesque tower, which serves as a belfry. View from one of the tower's tiers looking out toward the cathedral. Note amazing lack of guard rails. Front and side elevation of the Tuscan Romanesque cathedral, with the Leaning Tower in the background.
View of the Old City
from the Castle walls
Heidelberg, Germany		 Buscheto & Rainaldo
Pisa Cathedral
1063-1118. Pisa, Italy
View of the rose colored castle ruins from the castle gardens. Taken in the Fall, just as sun briefly broke through some very ominous looking clouds. View of castle across the water from the old city walls.
B. Pisano, Leaning
Tower, 1174-1350
Pisa, Italy		 B. Pisano, Leaning
Tower, 1174-1350
Pisa, Italy
Front elevation of a Romanesque church. The colored marble facing influenced later Florentine Renaissance architecture. View of castle from the park to the east. Taken in evening with a full moon above.
? Architect, Heidelberg
Castle, 14C to 1632
Heidelberg, Germany		 ? Architect, Lovrjenac
Fortress, 14-16C
Dubrovnik, Croatia
View looking up at the castle from one of the old city's downtown plazas. Taken from the park east of the castle.
? Architect, Heidelberg
Castle, 14C to 1632
Heidelberg, Germany		 ? Architect, San
Miniato al Monte
1090. Florence, It.		 ? Arch't, Lovrjenac
Fortress, 14-16C
Dubrovnik, Croatia		 Sunset on Adriatic Sea
near Lovrjenac Fortress
Dubrovnik, Croatia
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.  Now put the foundations under them."

- Henry David Thoreau, quote found on the Internet, original source unknown.
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