Egypt, St. Catharine Sinai Monsterey 527 - A History of Romanesque Architecture 300 - 1300 (sitios de interés)
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This marker is part of an illustrated Survey of Romanesque Architecture, 300 to 1300 AD. To see and read all comments you have to download the post to your hard disk.Istanbul, Haghia Sophia 532-537
The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I between 527 and 565, enclosing the Chapel of the Burning Bush ordered to be built by St. Helena, the "mother, sister and later wife" of Emporer Constantine I - himself a Saint of Orthodoxy. For all possible historical explanations (there is a simpler apocryphal explanation) see Wikipedia
The monastery and Mt. Moses. Strictly speaking this is stylistically not a "Romanesque" monastery. Here Eastern and Western influences come together. However the cultural impact of this venerable Monastery warrants its inclusion here.
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