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• Doge's Palace
  ...([[Italian language|Ital.]] ''Palazzo Ducale'') is a [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] [[palace]] in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. ...olomeo Buon]] created the so-called "Porta della Carta", a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side of the palace.
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• Santo Stefano
  ...c]] doorway and [[ship's keel roof]] were added. The tall interior is also Gothic and has three [[apse]]s.
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• Aosta
  *The [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]]-[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] '''[[Collegiata di Sant'Orso]]'''. Its most suggestive feature is the anc [[Cathegory:Romanesque architecture]]
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• Ca' d'Oro
  ...of these two sculptors and architects epitomises the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic style]] in Venice: they are best known for their work on the [[Doge's Palac ...d'Oro facing onto the Grand Canal is built in the Bon's Venetian floral [[gothic style]]. Other nearby buildings in this style are [[Palazzo Barbaro]] and t
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• San Marco di Venezia
  ...church]]es of [[Venice]] and one of the best known examples of [[Byzantine architecture]]. It lies on [[St Mark's Square]], adjacent and connected to the [[Doge's ...overed with higher [[wood]]en domes in order to blend in with the [[Gothic architecture]] of the redesigned Doge's Palace.
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• Art of Italy
  ...tre for art and architecture. There were many Italian artists during the [[Gothic]] and [[Medieval]] periods, and the arts flourished during the [[Italian Re ==Gothic Period==
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• Campobasso
  ...ls. It was destroyed by an earthquake in [[1805]] and a new [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] edifice was built in [[1829]]. The church of ''San Bartolomeo'' is a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] building from the 11th century, in limestone. The interior has
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• Ancona
  ...ter slightly altered by Margaritone d'Arezzo in [[1270]]. The façade has a Gothic portal, ascribed to [[Giorgio da Como]] ([[1228]]), which was intended to h There are also several fine late [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] buildings, among them the churches of S. Francesco and S. Agostino, the P
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• Palermo
  ...g blend of Norman and [[Arab]] culture fostered a unique hybrid style of [[architecture]] as can be seen[http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/76.html] in the Palatine Ch ...in Italy, and perhaps in the world. It is also the main centre of [[Norman architecture]] in Europe.
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• Siena
  ==Art and Architecture== ...ile]] and [[Baptistery|baptistry]] make a fine group. Inside is the famous Gothic octagonal pulpit by [[Nicola Pisano]] ([[1266]]–[[1268]]) supported o
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• Trento
  ...f the "Battle of the Brenner." War supplies from Germany to support the [[Gothic Line]] were for the most part routed through the rail line through the Bren ...aten path of mass tourism, Trento offers rather interesting monuments. Its architecture has a unique feel, with both Italian Renaissance and Germanic influences. T
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• Verona
  ...]] [[Lucius Vitruvius Cordone]]) engraved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque. It originally it straddled the main [[Roman road]] into the .../sanzeno.htm]is considered one of the great achievements of [[Romanesque]] architecture. The present structure is the 3rd on this site, built from 1123-1135, over
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• Ca' Rezzonico
  ...be known as Venetian [[Baroque]], a style slowly replacing the more floral gothic style of such palazzi as (its near neighbour) [[Ca' Foscari]], and [[Ca' d' ...dition of some concepts of his own which reflected the change in ideals of architecture between the palazzo's conception and its completion 100 years later.
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• History of Sardinia
  ...ia, Antas and Monte Sirai are now important archaeological monuments where architecture and city planning can be studied. ...The local governor sat in Caralis. During the [[Gothic Wars (6th century)|Gothic Wars]] much of the island fell easily to the Ostrogoths, but an army sent f
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• Modena
  The [[gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[campanile]] (1224-1319) is called ''[[Torre della Ghirlandina]]'' from The Palace Museum, on the St. Augustine square, is an example of civil architecture from the Este, built as the Poors' Hostel together with the nearby Hospital
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• Procida
  ...fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the Byzantine reconquest in the [[Gothic Wars (6th century)]]), Procida remained under the jurisdiction of the [[Duk ...us films, mainly for its [[panorama]]s and its typical [[Mediterranean]] [[architecture]]. The most famous are ''[[Il Postino]]'' and ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (
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• Brescia
  ...52 while, some forty years later, it was one of the first conquests of the Gothic general [[Theoderic the Great]] in his war against [[Odoacer]]. ...also known as ''La Rotonda''. It is an exteriorly rusticated [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church, striking for its circular shape. The main structure wa
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• Padua
  ...s|Gothic]] kings [[Odoacer]] and [[Theodoric the Great]], but during the [[Gothic War]] it made submission to the [[Byzantine Empire|Greek]]s in [[540]]. The ...ronese architect-sculptor who introduced [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance architecture]] to Padua and who completed the door in [[1532]]. Falconetto was the archi
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• Rimini
  ...in 493, [[Odoacer]], besieged in Ravenna, had to capitulate. During the [[Gothic War]] Rimini was taken and retaken many times. In its vicinity the Byzantin ...rn apart by heavy bombardments and by the passage of the front along the [[Gothic Line]] but after liberation on [[September 21]], [[1944]], impressive reco
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• History of Naples
  ...deposed in [[476]]. Naples suffered much during the [[Gothic War (535–552)|Gothic Wars]] between [[Ostrogoths]] and [[Byzantines]] in the [[6th century|sixth ...esidences of the nobility. During Charles' reign new [[gothic architecture|Gothic]] churches were also built, including [[Santa Chiara (Naples)|Santa Chiara]
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