1180s Architecture: Chichester Cathedral, Malmesbury Abbey, Palermo Cathedral, Beauchief Abbey, Dunsany Castle and Demesne, Cairo Citadel

Chapters: Chichester Cathedral, Malmesbury Abbey, Palermo Cathedral, Beauchief Abbey, Dunsany Castle and Demesne, Cairo Citadel, Kepier Hospital, Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Veliko Tarnovo, Khan Tuman, Ajlun Castle, Abbey of San Mercuriale, Forl, St Athernase Church, Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester, Verona Cathedral, Worms Cathedral, Gravensteen, Erfurt Cathedral, Burscough Priory, 1180s in architecture, H re stave church, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Chichester Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of the bishop was moved from Selsey. Chichester Cathedral has fine architecture in both the Norman and the Gothic styles, and has been called by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner the most typical English Cathedral. Despite this, Chichester has two architectural features that are unique among England's medieval cathedrals-a free-standing medieval bell tower (or campanile) and double aisles. The cathedral contains two rare medieval sculptures, and many modern art works including tapestries, stained glass and sculpture, many of these commissioned by Dean Hussey. The city of Chichester, though it retains two main cross streets laid out by the Romans, has always been small enough for the city's entire population to fit inside the cathedral at once, causing Daniel Defoe to comment: I cannot say much of Chichester, in which, if six or seven good families were removed, there would not be much conversation, except what is to be found among the canons, and the dignitaries of the cathedral. The spire of Chichester Cathedral, rising above its gr...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=96643