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    Ancient churches on the San Salvador, Primitivo, and Via de la Plata

    Good spot, @amancio. I've been meaning to visit this little gem for years now. If I may add one place that is sorely lacking on the list, it's the upper part of the San Millán de la Cogolla monastery near Nájera (San Millán de Suso) that dates back to the 6th century. It's a UNESCO World...
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    Best Islamic Architecture on the Camino

    So I'm not the only one to have tried to get in? That said, there's a window in the door so you can get a look at the stucco work in the mihrab from outside.
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    Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners

    Thank you for your kind words, @Kathar1na I believe the prohibition was not specific to Al Andalus but rather to the Umayyad Caliphate in general. And after Al Andalus broke away from the Caliphate, it was ruled by the only Umayyads that escaped the massacre in the East. So it makes sense they...
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    Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners

    There was a prohibition on building new churches in Muslim Iberia. Moreover, after the Christian revolt in 850 (the so-called Cordoba martyrs affair) the emir ordered the destruction of new (i.e. post-conquest) churches, should any be found, and removal of recent decoration at older churches...
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    Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners

    We have some extant Merovingian architecture in France, quite a few Lombard structures in Italy, some Saxon churches in Britain, too. Dating early churches is a very uncertain business, though. Case in point, quite a lot of what was considered Visigothic architecture has since been proven to be...
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    Visigothic/Pre-Romanesque architecture for beginners

    Romanesque broadly refers to architecture that evolves after 1000 when most of Western Europe saw a building boom of unprecedented magnitude. The model for the new style was the great abbey in Cluny in Burgundy. Unfortunately it was demolished but one still can see a replica (although on a...

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