Question

Why were Romanesque churches designed in such a specific way? Why would you take the pilgrimage to see?

Answer 1

it's a continuum. it goes part and parcel with the contemporary technology and design capabilities. Romanesque is known for small windows, heavy walls, thick structure. The advent of new technologies, as well as new heights in courage, allowed Gothic architecture. The flying buttress and special arches and vaults allowed new heights in construction and thinner walls, which in turn permitted glorious windows, since the walls no longer needed to be so heavy and thick.

Answer 2

Most Romanesque churches were related to monasteries. Remember that it was in the libraries of these monasteries that were the majority of Roman knowledge, which will enable the construction of certain buildings.

There were no big cities yet, so most of these churches were in the countryside and needed people to keep them and to run the service

Exterior x Interior: simple, and interior with paintings and reliefs. It was a reflection of the good man, who was to cultivate his soul, his inner self, not his outer, giving temptation and sin a chance!