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In reply to the discussion: Here’s a wonder of a Friday Afternoon Challenge for you: That’s SO Medieval! [View all]Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)14. #2 is part of "It's a Small World" in Disney World.
Right before the Norway section of the ride.
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Here’s a wonder of a Friday Afternoon Challenge for you: That’s SO Medieval! [View all]
CTyankee
Feb 2012
OP
It was Islamic influenced, European, hilly and I guess semi-arid. But not Greece.
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#44
Islamic art was spread in other parts...this is one of those parts with quite a history in
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#41
Giselbertus is fascinating, I agree. "Gislebertus hoc fecit" is actually on this image, but in very
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#22
that is interesting. I thought there was only one cathedral in each place...hmm...
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#23
So many of these old cathedrals got destroyed, burnt down or otherwise done in...and then they
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#50
wow, I never even saw that! I wonder, too. I've been there but it was pretty dark inside
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#11
ha. you'd be surprised at how much Disney animators studied French castles to come up with their
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#15
Peaceful is the word for Ravenna! At least from my small perspective being there for only
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#40
Interesting -- I looked up the image of the church and suddenly recognized it
Generic Other
Feb 2012
#36
The church down the street from my house was modelled after the one in ravenna
Generic Other
Feb 2012
#46
Part of it I get...I guess the rest of it is something I can't quite see...did the church have
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#48
Because it is. But it is not in the Alhambra...the moorish influence reached beyond its own shores..
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#49
It is Amiens Cathedral, a wonderful place where laser light shows reveal the colors that the
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#72