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Norman style

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Romanesque style
Romanesque style
An architectural style emerging in Western Europe primarily in the 11th century and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture in the 12th century; based on Roman and Byzantine elements; found especially in churches and castles; usually characterized by round arches and by massive articulated walls, barrel vaults, groined vaults, ribbed vaults; semicircular arches; served as the basis for the Richardson Romanesque style and occasionally used as a synonym for it.


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The track is flourishing, in every sense, with 60,000 plants decorating the huge gardens which surround grandstands built in true Norman style.
The design follows the Norman style of architecture which prevailed in the time of Edward 1.
The design follows the Norman style of architecture which prevailed in the time of Edward I.
 
 
 
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