Subdeacon Joe Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The Eschif in Périgueux, France. It's an oak timber frame building with wattle & daub infill built in 1347. See more: themindcircle.com/stunning-architecture/ https://themindcircle.com/stunning-architecture/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Reminds me of The Three Musketeers with Oliver Reed, Michael York and Sophia Loren...oh, and Charlton Heston. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 . Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania Perhaps the craziest brickwork ever done – Late 15th century Brick Gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was built using 33 different kinds of clay bricks and painted in red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 How would you like to repoint that baby... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostrum Damus SASS #110702 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona. It was supposed to be completed by 2026, the centenary of architect Antoni Gaudí's death, but will not be as a result of the halt in construction due to the coronavirus pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 im sure the masons had fun with all those arches , as to the OP ive always enjoyed that medieval architecture , would be interesting to hear the logic of the inventors at the time as well as the logistics of the builders , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I can only imagine trying to get a refrigerator into that one on the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Why did medieval architects use a pointed arch instead of a rounded one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: The Eschif in Périgueux, France. It's an oak timber frame building with wattle & daub infill built in 1347. See more: themindcircle.com/stunning-architecture/ https://themindcircle.com/stunning-architecture/ I once read such structures originated due to the high tax levied by the crown on the ground a house sat on, so peasants made the taxable footprint as small as they could. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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