Switzerland, Monastery St. Gallen. 613, 9th cent, 17th cent - 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.The monastery was founded in 613 and named after Gallus, an Irishman. St.Hgallen became one of the most important Carolingian study centeres. In 740 St. Gall's famous library was estanlished. Numerous Anglo-Saxon and Irish monks came to copy manuscripts. At Charlemagne's request Pope Adrian I sent distinguished chanters from Rome, who propagated the use of the Gregorian chant. Today the library at the Abbey is considered one of the richest medieval libraries in the world.
The floor plan of the original Carolingian Benedictine abbey is preserved. During the late 17th cent the 9th cent church was replaced by an early Baroqu e wonder.
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