Architectural Styles

    Carolingian

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Charlemagne, Frankish, Carolingian Renaissance

    Wikipedia

    768-855

    • Synthesis of Roman, (columns, arches, barrel vaults) early Christian & local Germanic influences
    • simple unadorned
    • monumental scale
    • Basilica-styled churches (long nave, side aisles, transept, eastern apse & atrium at entry)
    • some octagonal & circular churches
    • western towers with bells (westwork)
    • small/narrow windows
    • reused Roman materials (spoila)
    • polychrome brickwork (later periods)
    • Western Europe
    • France
    • Germany
    • Italy
    • Switzerland

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Palaces
    • Churches
    • Monasteries
    • Cathedrals
    • Basilicas
    • fortifications
    • Palatine Chapel Aachen
    • ‘Abbey of Saint Gall Switzerland
    • Church of Saint Riquier
    • Basilica of Saint Denis
    • Monastery of Corvey Germany
    • Church of Saint Michael Hildesheim
    • Abbey of Fulda Germany
    • Church of Saint Peter and Paul Reims
    • Abbey of Lorsch Germany,
    • Monastic guesthouses/inns (hospitalitas / hospitium)
    • Church-run hospices / xenodochia (charitable hostels)
    • Royal/imperial estates and palaces (itinerant court lodging)
    • Manses / villae hospitality (local obligation-based lodging)
    • Commercial inns and taverns
    • Pilgrim hostels and shelters on routes
    • Urban lodging via networks (patronage/letters)
    • Monastery of St Gall early 9th C (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
    • Abbey of Fulda (Fulda, Germany)
    • Lorsch Abbey (Lorsch, Germany)
    • Corvey Abbey / Abbey of Corvey (Höxter, Germany)

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Hotel Kloster Hornbach Germany

    Landmarks

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