Rooted in the pre-Gothic architecture of medieval Europe, the Romanesque Style first came to America in the 1840s and 1850s. Romanesque buildings emphasized rough stone, dramatic arches ...

It evolved from its heavier, rounder predecessor, Romanesque architecture, capitalizing on newly available technology to create taller, lighter, pointier structures with complex ornamentation.

Built of stone in the monumental Romanesque style, Saint- Sernin is faced with mellow brick, a local feature of Toulouse architecture. Christian Europe experienced an upsurge in confidence in the ...

Young people on these campuses say they desire to encounter the faith and to evangelize through beauty and in accordance with ...

After more than 22 years overseeing Ramsey County’s historic Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul, Amy Mino braced for tough times filling the former federal courthouse and post office building on ...

Catholic liberal arts colleges have turned toward traditional architecture when expanding to accommodate the numbers. Here ...

Architects did this by circumventing many of the “rules” previously established in Romanesque architecture, which had been widespread in the decades before and has roots in Greek and Roman ...

What those travelers saw was a spectacular example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture — you'll have to trust us on that — that was as functional (with 32 boarding gates) as it was beautiful.

The narrow valley is surrounded by steep mountains and each of the villages in it contains a Romanesque church. As a group, these churches represent an especially pure and consistent example of ...