• The First Romanesque churches of the Vall de Boí were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in November 2000.
  • When we think of Romanesque art, the first things that come to mind are the grand monastery structures of the Middle Ages.
  • The First Romanesque style developed in the north of Italy, parts of France, and the Iberian Peninsula during the 10th and 11th centuries.
  • The First Romanesque style developed in the Catalan territory and demonstrated a lower level of expertise than the later Romanesque style.
  • iii) Column Capitals Depicting Biblical Scenes. iv) The Style was Used for Monasteries. v) Romanesque was the First International Style at the Time.
  • Two of Gothic’s most characteristic features – pointed arches and rib vaults – first appeared in a few Romanesque churches.
  • Abott Oliba of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll served as a particularly influential impeller, diffuser, and sponsor of the First Romanesque style.
  • The building is an example of the First Romanesque style of Burgundy, which expands the Carolingian idiom with early Gothic forms in beginning of the 11th...
  • First Romanesque in France. Plan of 2nd Church at Cluny, dedicated 981, vaulted after 1000 (apse in echelon).