Byzantine and African

Byzantine Architecture

  • Cathedral of St.Demetrius. Vladmir - 1194-97
  • Church of The Holy Cross, AGHT'AMAR, Georgia - AD 915-21
  • Hagia Sophia, Istanbul - AD 532-37
  • St. Fosca, Torcello, Italy - c.1100
  • St Mark's Basilica, Venice - c.1063-73

    Monasteries

  • Gallarus Oratory, Dingle, Ireland 8th Cen. AD
  • Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, Founded 1132

    Romanesque

  • Durham Cathedral, England 1093-1133
  • Piza Cathedral. Italy - 1063-1118 & 1261-72
  • Speyer Cathedral, Germany - 1030-61 & Later

    Islam

  • Alhambra, Grandad, Spain -1338-90
  • Dome of The Rock, Jerusalem - AD 688-92
  • Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, Begun AD 848
  • Mosque of Cordoba, Begun - AD 785
  • Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo - AD 876-79
  • Stalactite ceiling, Masjed-E Eman, Esfahan, Iran

    North Africa

  • Great Mosque, Qairouan, Tunisia, Begun - AD 836
  • Mosque of Three Doors, Qairouan, Tunisia - AD 866