Medieval

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by Henk Bekker

in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany, Romantic Road

See Top Art in the Santa Maria Novella Basilica in Florence

Giotto Crucifix in Santa Maria Novella in Florence

Santa Maria Novella has some of the finest medieval and Renaissance art in Florence, including Masaccioโ€™s Holy Trinity and a Crucifix by Giotto. The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, originally a Dominican monastery church, has always been full of art. Top works include Masaccioโ€™s Holy Trinity โ€” an early application of the rules of perspective … Read more

Visit the Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris

Visit the wonderful Musรฉe de Cluny French National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris to see medieval history and art, including The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry series.

Visit the wonderful Musรฉe de Cluny French National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris to see medieval history and art, including The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry series. The Cluny Museum National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musรฉe de Cluny-Musรฉe National du Moyen ร‚ge) is one of the finest museums in Paris and home … Read more

Visit Sainte-Chapelle Paris to See the Best Stained-Glass Windows

Visit Sainte-Chapelle to see the best stained-glass windows in Paris -- buy the cheapest tickets and book essential free time-slot reservations online.

Visit Sainte-Chapelle to see the best stained-glass windows in Paris — buy the cheapest tickets and book essential free time-slot reservations online. The small Gothic church of Sainte-Chapelle on the รŽle de la Citรฉ island in the Seine in the heart of Paris is famous for its magnificent stained-glass windows. Two-thirds of the glass are … Read more

See Stendal’s Brick Gothic and Romanesque Town Gate Towers

Detail of the Brick Gothic Uenglinger Tor in Hansestadt Stendal

The brick Gothic Uenglinger Tor and Romanesque Tangermรผnder Tor are two beautiful medieval town gate towers in Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Only two of Hansestadt Stendal’s medieval town gate towers survived but both are exceptionally beautiful: the brick Gothic Uenglinger Tor is the better looking but the Tangermรผnder Tor with early 13th-century Romanesque base is … Read more