THE UNIVERSITY OF SALAMACA BY CLARA COLLADO

In medieval times several universities were founded along Europe. Some examples are Oxford in the United Kingdom, Montpellier in France and Bolonia in Italy. In Spain, the first one was The University of Salamanca.

Some history:

The University of Salamanca was created in 1130 and at first, it was a school at the Old Cathedral. Then, it turned into a real university in 1218, when the king Alfonso IX of León gave it the category of a place with “General Studies”, known in latin as “Studii Salmantini”.

Some curiosities:

-          Its main studies were in LAW (in contrast to Oxford and Montpellier, centered in Technology and Arts)
-         It was the first university to hold a PUBLIC LIBRARY (created in 1254 by the king Alfonso X The Wise)
-    -Teachers who were teaching law were BETTER PAID than the others, who were teaching Medicine, Grammar, Logics and Music.
-         The language used was LATIN, so teachers and students from other parts of Europe could come and study here (Although not many students came…)
-          It was SMALL, compared to other European universities.
-         -All the students were MALE, and mostly from the clergy.
-        -At present, it is one of the BEST universities in Spain.

This is the façade of the university Of Salamanca

About the building:

In medieval times, classes were held in the cloister of the Old Cathedral (of both, Romanesque and Gothic styles, but mainly Romanic), also in some houses rented to the church (The “Cabildo”) and at the Saint Benito’s Church (Catholic Church of Gothic style).

Much later, in the 15^th century Saint Bartholomew’s Residence was built, and it began to be considered the first university building created just for teaching purposes.

Did you know?:

In Castilla-La Mancha there was also a Medieval University: The University of Sigüenza.  It was created in medieval times, but only as a minor school depending on the cathedral. It wasn’t considered as a real university until 1489, but its origins were established at the same time of the other important universities. Well, at least it is something…

This is the inside of the building.

Romanesque Art

ROMANESQUE ART

The Romanesque art was an artistic style in Europe from 10th to 13th Centuries.

I'm going to talk you about the churches.The floor plan was in the shape of a latun cross and usually there are two bell towers.The most important parts of a church were the central nave, the bell towers, the transepts, the crossing, the apse and the ambulatory.

In the photo you can see a romanesque church.

By Azucena Montalvo    2ºB

THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE :)

THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE

The cathedral of cologne its the tallest cathedral of Europe.

Is my favourite cathedral because i went there and it socked me a lot.

The design of Cologne Cathedral was based quite closely on that of Amiens Cathedral in terms of ground plan, style and the width to height proportion of the central nave. The plan is in the shape of a Latin Cross, as is usual with Gothic cathedrals. It has two aisles on either side, which help to support one of the very highest Gothic vaults in the world, being nearly as tall as that of the Beauvais Cathedral, much of which collapsed. Externally the outward thrust of the vault is taken up by flying buttresses in the French manner. The eastern end has a single ambulatory, the second aisle resolving into a chevet of seven radiating chapels.
Internally, the medieval choir is more varied and less mechanical in its details than the 19th century building. It presents a French style arrangement of very tall arcade, a delicate narrow triforium gallery lit by windows and with detailed tracery merging with that of the windows above. The clerestory windows are tall and retain some old figurative glass in the lower sections. The whole is united by the tall shafts that sweep unbroken from the floor to their capitals at the spring of the vault. The vault is of plain quadripartite arrangement.
The choir retains a great many of its original fittings, including the carved stalls, which is made the more surprising by the fact that French Revolutionary troops had desecrated the building. A large stone statue of St Christopher looks down towards the place where the earlier entrance to the cathedral was, before its completion in the late 19th century..The nave has many 19th century stained glass windows. A set of five on the south side is called the Bayernfenster, and were a gift from Ludwig I of Bavaria, and strongly represent the painterly German style of that date.Externally, particularly from a distance, the building is dominated by its huge spires, which are entirely Germanic in character, being openwork like those of Ulm, Vienna, Strasbourg and Regensburg Cathedrals.

The cathedral of cologne its the tallest cathedral of Europe.

Is my favourite cathedral because i went there and it socked me a lot

by:maria castillo 2B

 Javier Parera 2ºB


                          THE CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS

 Santa church basilic cathedral Santa María of Bugosconstruction  started in 1221 by Fernando III. It was consagrated on 1260

 the gothic temple has got a latin cross it wide is 11 meter and it hight 25 
Its cruciform floorplan, with a 106 meter long nave and wide aisles, is almost hidden, in exterior views, by the fifteen chapels added at all angles to the aisles and transpets, by the beautiful 14th-century cloisters on the northwest and the archipiscopal palace on the southwest. Over the three central doorways of the main or western façade rise the two lofty and graceful towers, crowned by their spires. Many of the altars, chapels and monuments within the cathedral are of artistic and historical interest.

The battle of Covadonga

Hello people! I´m Eva, like my mother is from Asturias and I have visited Covadonga many times, I found interesting this video of the battle of Covadonga and the begining of the reconquest.
bye, bye.
Eva.

im yeray again, sorry for the the before Project i dont no what happend,so im going to talk about the gargoyles.

Gargoyle is an imaginary being , generally represented in stone , which has often grotesque features .
The origin of the gargoyles back to the Middle Ages and is related to the rise of the bestiary and the torments of hell . It is also true that the imagination of medieval artists was paid by even older myths. In fact , the first gargoyles were baptized with the name of ' taps ' , or so showing its classical roots.
Gargoyles meet three basic functions , namely :
Drain the rooftops.
Decorating said drains looking therefore an aesthetic purpose .
A third , based on popular beliefs and legends that serve to drive away the devil and other evil spirits .

this had decorative fuction

this had the fuction to drain the roofs