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. 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.

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

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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 , 

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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/

 

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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?

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