Lorsch monastery

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Figure 28: Gatehouse of the monastery at Lorsch, Ger.,c. 760.

gatehouse of the Carolingian abbey at Lorsch, Germany

Lorsch monastery

building, Lorsch, Germany

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Western architecture
Carolingian period
…gatehouse of the monastery of Lorsch, near Worms, Germany (founded c. 760–764). This edifice borrowed its three arch-shaped passageways and its sectioning by means of Classically influenced half-columns from ancient triumphal arches. On the other hand, Teutonic influence is evident in the upper section of the blind arcade, which consists…
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…gatehouse of the monastery of Lorsch, near Worms, Germany (founded c. 760–764). This edifice borrowed its three arch-shaped passageways and its sectioning by means of Classically influenced half-columns from ancient triumphal arches. On the other hand, Teutonic influence is evident in the upper section of the blind arcade, which consists…
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