Norman architecture

Connected Sites: 6

WHS that include examples of Norman architecture, "styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries. In particular the term is traditionally used for English Romanesque architecture." (wiki)

Connected Sites

  • Durham Castle and Cathedral
    Durham Castle and Cathedral
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.12
    188
    18
    "Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of ‘Norman’ style architecture in England." (OUV)
  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    471
    17
    St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle (early 12th century) (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Costiera Amalfitana
    Costiera Amalfitana
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.91
    294
    7
    Amalfi cathedral, Cathedral and Villa Rufolo in Ravello
  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Mont-Saint-Michel
    France
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.17
    329
    17
    Romanesque structure from 1023, developed by the Normans in their own Normandy
    See www.abbaye-mont-saint-michel.fr
  • Tower of London
    Tower of London
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.40
    639
    21
    "The White Tower is the example par excellence of the royal Norman castle from the late 11th century." (OUV)
  • Arab-Norman Palermo
    Arab-Norman Palermo
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.73
    230
    8
    "structures dating from the era of the Norman kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194)" (OUV), "The attributes of the nominated serial property, particularly those associated with the introduction and integration of Norman concepts in architecture and design, are testimonies to the transformation of Sicily’s Islamic and Byzantine cultures into a blended European culture that took place during this period" (AB ev)