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Author	Topic: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: the Taj Mahal)
Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/22 11:53pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: La Mezquita)
	Next: Longhua Pagoda Architect: Unknown Completed: Late 10th Century Location: Shanghai, China Style/Period: Chinese Part of the Longhua Temple, this Pagoda is the tallest point--131 feet. Destroyed and rebuilt many times, it reflects the Song Dynasty style currently.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/24 5:12am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings:Longhua Pagoda)
	Next: Kandariya Mahadev Temple Architect: Unknown Completed: 1029 Location: Madhya Pradesh, India Style/Period: Indo-Khmerism One of the largest and most magnificent Hindu temples. Masterpiece of Indian Art.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/25 9:31pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings:Kandariya Mahadev Temple - Date Edited: 3/26 8:57pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: The White Tower Architect: Unknown Completed: 1097 Location: Tower of London, London, England Style/Period: Norman Begun by William the Conqueror, this fortress on the North side of the River Thames was designed to consolidate Norman power. It was constructed by Norman masons under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/26 9:03pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The White Tower ) - Date Edited: 3/27 9:32pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Great Ball Court and Temple of the Jaguars Architect: Unknown Completed: 900-1100 Location: Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Style/Period: Maya Toltec Chichen Itza is the largest ruined Mayan City in the Yucatan Peninsula. This was the location of a ball game was the Mayan idea of sports, and on the carvings on the buildings show players wearing heavily protective clothing and carrying the severed heads of their opponents.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/27 9:37pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The White Tower )
	Next: Temples of Bagan Architect: Unknown Completed: 11th to 13th centuries Location: Bagan, Myanmar, Burma Style/Period: Buddhist More than 2,500 monuments, temples, and libraries, remains of an ancient Burman city.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/28 9:53pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The White Tower )
	Next: Kalyan Minaret Architect: Unknown Completed: 1127 Location: Burkhara, Uzbekistan Style/Period: Mongul/Islamic The only building to survive Genghis Khan's sack of the city in 1220
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/29 8:51am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Kalyan Minaret )
	Next: Mont-Saint-Michel Architect: Various Completed: 1135 Location: Estuary of the River Couesnon, Normandy, France Style/Period: Romanesque/Gothic [image=http://web.france.com/system/files/images/Mont+Saint-Michel.jpg] Built on a granite island that is cut off from the mainland at high tide, this abbey/fortress was important during the 100 Years War. Became a prison during the French Revolution (thank God it wasn't destroyed), and is now a museum/historical site.
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 3/29 10:11am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Mont-Saint-Michel)
	i don't think it's an exact replication but i visited st michael's mount near penzance in cornwall last year. the official web site -----signature----- are you out of your vulcan mind?
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/2 9:34pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Mont-Saint-Michel)
	Next: The Round Tower Architect: Unknown Completed: 1179 Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England Style/Period: Norman
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/3 8:19pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Round Tower)
	Next: Borgund Stave Church Architect: Unknown Completed: c. 1180 Location: Borgund, Norway Style: Medieval Stave churches--named for the huge wooden connecting posts--are almost exclusive to Norway...though there is one in Sweden and one in Poland. There are 28 in Norway, of which this is the best example. Carved dragon heads decorate the roof.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/4 7:10pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Borgund Stave Church)
	Next: Durham Catherdral Architect: Unknown Completed: c. 1189 Location: Durham, Northumberland, England Style: Romanesque Because of the proximity of the Scottish border, this cathedral was built with an accompanying castle. The exterior of the cathedral is gothic, the interior Romanesque.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/6 7:38pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Durham Cathedral)
	Next: Angkor Wat Architect: Unknown Completed: First half of the 12th Century Location: Siem Reap City, Siem Reap, Cambodia Style: Indo-Khmerism A temple complex, originally Hindu, now Buddhism.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/10 8:30pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Angkor Wat)
	Next: The Church of St. George Architect: Unknown Completed: 1200 Location: Laibela, North Wollo, Ethiopia Style/Period: Afro-Christain The town of Laibela in Northern Ethiopia is home to 11 unique monolithic churches hewn out of solid volcanic rock with the roofs at ground level of which St. George is the finest example. It is the only one not connected to the others by passages or bridges.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/11 4:17pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Church of St. George)
	Next: Citadel of Aleppo Architect: Unknown Completed: c. 1209 Location: Aleppo, Syria Style/Period: Medieval Islamic It has an oval-shaped base, and an ingenuous entrance, involving numerous changes of direction, which made it difficult to penetrate without assault from above with boiling water.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/12 9:53pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Citadel of Aleppo)
	Next: Temple of Htilominio Architect: Unknown Completed: c. 1211 Location: Myanmar (Burma) Style/Period: Buddhist
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