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In the pantheon of architects, Sir Christopher Wren’s name stands out. Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, he was commissioned by King Charles II to rebuild a number of ruined churches, ...
A 13th Century church, which was dismantled and rebuilt 50 miles away at a museum in Cardiff, has been opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. St Teilo's Church has been recreated stone-by-stone ...
This epic novel set, like Pillars, in medieval times, follows Arnau Estanyol, who begins life working as a "bastiax," or stone carrier, helping build the church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona.
Visitors have been able to step into a reconstructed ... church and reused the materials elsewhere. "We actually let visitors see some of that original brickwork," Miller added. "There was weird ...
BERLIN, June 14 (Reuters) - Germany's top court ruled on Tuesday that an anti-Semitic, medieval sculpture can stay on the facade of a church in the ... The Wittenberg stone carving is one of ...
with the medieval church being constructed much further to the south, away from the St Aldate Street frontage." He added, "In addition to the limestone wall, a number of worked stone objects were ...
An archaeological dig within the churchyard at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow has uncovered a "remarkable" early medieval 'Govan Warrior' stone. The dig, led by the University of Glasgow’s ...
The excavations have been taking place at the foot of the Church of Saint-Jean, revealing burials from a necropolis that dates back to early medieval ... This stone coffin appears to be older ...