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    Lombard architecture refers to the architecture of the Kingdom of the Lombards, which lasted from 568 to 774 (with residual permanence in southern Italy...
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    during the Romanesque and Gothic periods of Western architecture. It resembles a frieze of arches. Lombard bands are believed to have been first used during...
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    774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the History of the Lombards (written between 787 and 796) that the Lombards descended from a...
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    streams of Romanesque architecture in Europe from the 10th century and the beginning of 11th century is called First Romanesque, or Lombard Romanesque. It took...
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    The Kingdom of the Lombards, also known as the Lombard Kingdom and later as the Kingdom of all Italy (Latin: Regnum totius Italiae), was an early medieval...
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    Oratorio di Santa Maria in Valle (category Lombard architecture)
    the Lombards who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. This is the most important and best preserved example of Lombard architecture, which...
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  • The Lombard locks were fortification systems that were built at the mouth of valleys on the Italian side of the Alps in ancient times to prevent the invasion...
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    Santa Sofia, Benevento (category Lombard architecture)
    in the late-8th century, it retains many elements of its original Lombard architecture. In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group...
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    Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo (category Lombard architecture)
    History of the Lombards, which describes the defense of Mount Gargano against unidentified 'Greeks' – possibly Byzantine Greeks – by the Lombard Duke of Benevento...
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    Renaissance, architect, and engineer. He dominated late fifteenth-century Lombard architecture and sculpture. Amadeo was born in Pavia, son of Aloisio. Starting...
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    Lomello Baptistery of San Giovanni ad Fontes (category Lombard architecture)
    edifice in Lomello, Lombardy, northern Italy. An example of Romanesque-Lombard architecture, it is annexed to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, another early...
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    Rocca dei Rettori (category Lombard architecture)
    aquae, carrying the water through an aqueduct from the Serino river. The Lombards re-used defensive the location, and raised the eastern wall. In the 8th...
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    circular Lombard edifice dating to c. 760, now modernized, of small proportions, and is one of the main examples of religious Lombard architecture. The plan...
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    San Marino, Pavia (category Lombard architecture in Pavia)
    Comi in Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy The church was founded by the Lombard king Aistulf, who placed many relics of saints (including those of Saints...
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    Frediano, also in the city Lucca, is reputed to be only example of Lombard architecture preserved without notable alteration, although the façade dates to...
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    and insights into the spread of Romanesque sculpture. His study of Lombard architecture also remains the first in its class. He left his Cambridge mansion...
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    Castello of Compiano (category Lombard architecture)
    Italy. It is believed to have been built in the early Middle Ages by the Lombards, on the road which links the neighbouring Emilia and Liguria. It first...
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    San Giovanni Domnarum (category Lombard architecture in Pavia)
    in the church. It is probably the first Catholic church erected by the Lombard kings in the city of Pavia. The church had a prominent role in the city...
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  • Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war...
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  • 1951. His family moved to Cape Town in the early 1960s. Lombard trained as an architectural draughtsman and then worked as an industrial photographer...
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    Castello di Montesarchio (category Lombard architecture)
    prior fortifications during the medieval period, including occupations by Lombards and Normans. The present structure was mainly erected during the Aragonese...
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  • are the Basilica of Santa Maria di Cubulteria, a rare example of Lombard architecture (8th and 9th centuries) and the Aragonese Castle. Nearby is the ancient...
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    Torba Abbey (category Lombard architecture)
    brick, which create an interesting chromatic effect popular in Lombard Romanesque architecture. Inside the church, some tombs have been rediscovered and a...
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    Crypt of Sant'Eusebio (category Lombard architecture in Pavia)
    by the Lombard king Rothari (636–652) as the city's Arian cathedral. It later became the fulcrum of the conversion to Catholicism of the Lombards initiated...
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    part of the decoration as a compromise between thirteenth-century Lombard architecture and Cistercian Gothic, that is, the first building to break with...
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    YMCA Building (Toledo, Ohio) (category Lombard architecture)
    Berger and Lawrence G. Linnard with Berger & Linnard, Toledo Architectural style Lombard Romanesque Revival NRHP reference No. 82003610 Added to NRHP...
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    Germanic tribe of the Lombards (also referred to as Longobards), who settled in Italy during the sixth century and established a Lombard Kingdom which ended...
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    notable as the earliest known example in Britain of a revival of Lombard architecture. It is a Grade II* listed building. Prominent in the churchyard are...
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    circular Lombard edifice dating to c. 760, now modernized, of small proportions, and is one of the main examples of religious Lombard architecture. The plan...
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