Exam Question #8

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France Paris Notre Dame



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Angouleme Cathedral St. Pierre



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Tournai



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France Paris Notre Dame



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Reims Cathedrale Notre Dame



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Reims Kathedrale


Romanesque Cathedrals were more for places of worship. They showed more of what the religious community wanted to see. Some say they looked like castles but they were supposed to be perceived as places of worship. They could have been used for several other things also like defense or retreating to the churches.A lot of the Cathedrals have bell towers and higher places to look out over land. Since they were built in the time of war and violence between societies, hey were highly protected and did not want to be harmed.


Some say that the Gothic Cathedrals were more about the way they looked. They were the ones with the huge glass windows and thinner walls than the Romanesque Cathedrals. The Gothic Cathedrals were more pleasing to the eye and less warlike than the Romanesque Cathedrals were. The Gothic Cathedrals were built in a time of peace and tranquility which allowed the artists to make them lovelier for worship to take place in them.