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Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...
Castlesy is a website dedicated to showcasing castles all throughout the country, and sure enough, there are a handful right ...
Eltz Castle, Germany Some countries have more than their fair share of gorgeous medieval castles, and Germany is one of them. Eltz Castle is one of the finest examples of a German knight’s ...
The piece de resistance of Medieval architecture, however, can be found in the seminary’s Santee Chapel, which is now surrounded by stained-glass windows. Initially the chapel was more of an ...
But right here in the U.S., you'll find several castles built in European-inspired styles from medieval to Gothic to ...
Notre Dame is not the first example of gothic architecture, however. That title falls, if to any building, to the Basilica of Saint-Denis on the edge of Paris. Its 12th-century abbot, Suger, led ...
BlackThorne Keep's Medieval Brazil Finds Its Roots in People BlackThorne Keep 's worldbuilding doesn't stop with architecture, though, and instead digs its heels deep into cultural mythology.
A secret skeleton revealed in the centuries-old Gothic cathedral during reconstruction shows that Notre Dame was likely the first to use iron staples to reinforce its architecture.