Example sentences for: romanesque

How can you use “romanesque” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Visit the interior of the 12th-century Romanesque Collegiata (not officially a cathedral but proudly called the town’s Duomo none the less) for its dramatic frescoes of New Testament scenes along the right aisle.

  • The Piazza del Duomo forms a harmonious space for the graceful octagonal baptistery, begun in 1196, and the austere nobility of the 12th-century Romanesque cathedral and its 13th-century campanile.

  • The noble Romanesque interior has a magnificent painted wooden ceiling with Arabic honeycomb motifs and stalactite pendentives.

  • At Porto Torres, visit the important 11th-century Pisan Romanesque church of San Gavino.

  • The Romanesque façade makes a striking contrast with the eight Byzantine cupolas and two minaret-like towers around a central Gothic cone-shaped dome, reminiscent of Venice’s Basilica San Marco.


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