Pre-Romanesque

"Pre-Romanesque" is an architectural style from Western Europe, which preceded the beginning of the Romanesque period in the 11th century (ca. 5th-10th centuries). It is characterized by the introduction and absorption of classical Mediterranean and Christian forms with Germanic ones, creating innovative new forms.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Pre-Romanesque':

  • Aachen Cathedral Palatine Chapel
  • Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  • Asturian Monuments
  • Benedictine Convent of St. John
  • Convent of St. Gall
  • Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  • Reichenau St. George
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries Suso: Visigoth and Mozarabic parts