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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/17 8:11pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Florence Cathedral
	Next: Herstmonceaux Castle Architects: Unknown Completed: 1441 Location: Herstmonceaux, East Sussex, England Style/Period: Medieval Looks like a medieval castle, but isn't. Oldest brick building in England. Commissioned by Sir Roger Fiennes.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/18 8:25pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Herstmonceaux Castle)
	Next: Doge's Palace Architects: Various Completed: 1442 Location: St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy Style/Period: Italian Gothic The Doges were the elected rulers of the medieval Venetian City-state. The palace was a multi-functional building; it included living quarters for the doge, as well as chambers, courts, offices and prison cells. Built in two stages, one part facing the Lagoon, the other, St. Mark's Square. Because the ground was prone to subsidence, the Venetians built squatter buildings to reduce the weight.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/20 10:03pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Doge's Palace)
	Next: Warwick Castle Architects: Unknown Completed: 1450 Location: Warwick, Warwickshire, England Style/Period: Medieval There's been a sort of fortification on the River Avon since the 10th century.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/23 5:59pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Warwick Castle)
	Next: Wat Chedi Luang Architects: Unknown Completed: 1550 Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Style/Period: Buddhist Once home to the famous Emerald Buddha (actually made of jade). It was removed when the building was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 1545.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/25 9:57pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Wat Chedi Luang)
	Next: Darb-I Imam Architect: Unknown Completed: 1453 Location: Isfahan, Iran Style/Period: Persian Couldn't find a picture of this: this is a shrine of the Imams.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/27 9:29pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Darb-I Imam)
	Next: Malbork Castle Architect: Unknown Built: 1457 Period/Style: Gothic Founded by the Teutonic Knights; the largest Gothic Castle ever built in Europe and one of the largest brick buildings in the world. Three distinct parts: the Low (mainly St. Laurence's Church); the Middle (the main living quarters) and the High Castles (the main defensive positions). [image=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/242624377_37fe141c95.jpg?v=0]
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/28 10:52pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Malbork Castle) - Date Edited: 6/1 7:27pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Little Morton Hall Architect: Unknown Built: 1480 Period/Style: Congleton, Cheshire, England A family manor in Cheshire, it is mainly Elizabethan.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/1 7:37pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Little Morton Hall) - Date Edited: 6/1 11:28pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Albi Cathedral Architect: Unknown Completed: 1480 Location: Albi, France Style/Period: Southern Gothic The town of Albi in Southern France was the centre of the Albigensian heresy, which was brutally suppressed by the Catholic Church. That fact is reflected in the fortress-like exterior and the narrow windows. There is a Spanish influence in the wide hall-like nave and the internal buttresses.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/3 9:13pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Albi Cathedral)
	Next: Milan Cathedral Architect: Various Completed: 1486 (main work) Location: Milan, Italy Style/Period: Gothic Started 1386, and continued sporadically for over 500 years. Introduced the High Gothic style to Italy. Can house 40,000. The Italian style is just not my thing. It's earthbound. La Chapelle forever!
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 6/3 11:33pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Milan Cathedral)
	The remarkable thing with the Milan cathedral is that it's so shiny and white when you stand close to it. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/4 8:44am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Milan Cathedral)
	Albi Cathedral is odd-looking, yet I still like it better.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/8 9:49pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Milan Cathedral)
	Next: Machu Picche Architect: Unknown Completed: 1500 Location: Near Cuzco, Peru Style/Period: Incan, Pre-Columbian, Peruvian Probably a religious sanctuary, this ghost town is located 2430 miles above sea level.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/14 8:03pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Machu Picchu) - Date Edited: 6/15 7:02am (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Orvieto Cathedral Architect: Amolfo di Cambrio and Lorenzo Maitani Completed: 1500 (begun 1290) Location: Orvieto, Italy Style/Period: Italian Gothic Built by two popes, this cathedral has some nice exterior touches, but it's low to the ground, and has those crappy, pedestrian horizontal stripes typical of Italian Gothic.
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yankee8255 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 6/14 11:57pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Orvieta Cathedral)
	Zaz, I think you have a typo -- isn't it Orvieto. I'm more interested in the city for it's great white wine, to be honest. The only one of the striped cathedrals I really like is Florence, where the stripes aren't quite so dark.The dark brown/black ones here, Siena and elsewhere make them too dark. -----signature----- "While a disappointment overall, the Jerry-George conversation is a repeat of a discussion from the first episode, as if to say, "We've run out of stuff to discuss, so let's call it a day."
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/15 7:03am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Orvieta Cathedral)
	You are right...I corrected it. I just don't like the Italian Gothic style---the stripes (ugh!) nor the stupid-looking isolated bell towers.
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