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1270s Architecture: Zytglogge, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheffield Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Bourges Cathedral

1270s Architecture: Zytglogge, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheffield Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Bourges Cathedral


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Chapters: Zytglogge, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheffield Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Bourges Cathedral, Old New Synagogue, Palace of the Kings of Majorca, Duurstede Castle, Al-Zahiriyah Library, Bezd z Castle, Palazzo Mozzi, 1270s in architecture, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 59. 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 Zytglogge tower is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial. Despite the many redecorations and renovations it has undergone in its 800 years of existence, the Zytglogge is one of Bern's most recognisable symbols and, with its 15th-century astronomical clock, a major tourist attraction. It is a heritage site of national significance, and part of the Old City of Bern, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Bern in 1638 with its three medieval guard towers, from left to right: Christoffelturm, Kafigturm, Zytglogge. (See full map)When it was built around 1218-20, the Zytglogge served as the gate tower of Bern's western fortifications. These were erected after the city's first westward expansion following its de facto independence from the Empire. At that time, the Zytglogge was a squat building of only 16 metres (52 ft) in height. When the rapid growth of the city and the further expansion of the fortifications (up to the Kafigturm) relegated the tower to second-line status at around 1270-75, it was heightened by 7 metres (23 ft) to overlook the surrounding houses. Only after the city's western defences were extended again in 1344-46 up to the now-destroyed Christoffelturm, the Zytglogge was converted to a women's prison, notably housing Pfaffendirnen - "priests' whores," women convicted of sexual relations with cle...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1061330


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155977652
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155977653
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Zytglogge, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheffield Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Bourges Cathedral
  • Width: 189 mm


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