Editing Romanesque architecture (section)

==Definition==
The French term "{{lang|fr|romane}}" or the English ''Romanesque'', meaning "in the manner of Romans",{{sfn|Hicks|2001}} has been used to describe the architectural style of the Mediaeval era, preceding the more easily recognizable Gothic architecture, since early in the 19th century.{{sfn|Fernie|2019|p=407}}  It describes the architectural style which flourished across Europe from the 11th to the 13th century, and is distinguished from the Gothic style that followed by [[semi-circular arch]]es and more massive forms. The development of vaults from barrel and groin vaults to ribbed vaults was the main structural innovation of this period.{{sfn|Fernie|2019|pp=408–410, loc=Definitions}} 
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File:Viu_de_Llevata,_Alta_Ribagorça._Església_de_Sta._Maria_(A-SiT_D9236).jpg|Portal, Church of Santa Maria, Viu de Llevata, [[Catalonia]], Spain
File:Voûte_en_berceau_Conques.JPG|The vault at the [[Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy]], [[Conques]], France
File:Rooma 2006 047.jpg|Cloister of the [[Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano]], Rome
File:Ang cath c1.JPG|Bell tower of [[Angoulême Cathedral]], Charente, SW France
Tomè14.JPG|Window and Lombard band of the Rotunda of San Tomè, [[Almenno San Bartolomeo]]
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