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Stone and mortar
The long medieval project of building in stone, from thick-walled Romanesque naves to Gothic structures that traded mass for height and light.
Worth seeing
Nederluleå Church
1400 · Gothic
Moscow Kremlin
1485 · Medieval
Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay
1150 · Medieval
Sigiriya
495 · Medieval
Klostret i Ystad
1300 · Gothic
St Anselm's Church, Tooting
1933 · Moorish Revival
Sankta Maria kyrka, Ystad
1300 · Baroque
House of the Blackheads
1334 · Baroque
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1561 · Medieval
Franciscan Church
1269 · Art Nouveau
Sankta Ragnhilds kyrka
1100 · Gothic
Cathedral of Saint James
1536 · Gothic
Härkeberga kyrka
1300 · Gothic
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- Churches and chapels 1,463
- Parks and gardens 1,395
- Built this century 1,192
- Older than the maps 1,108
- Housing 805
- Museums and galleries 792
- Public art 775
- World Heritage 489
- Castles and palaces 484
- Local traditions 430
- Legally protected 420
- Town halls 391
- Post-war ambition 368
- Schools 349
- Squares 297
- The functionalist turn 284
- National romanticism 262
- Monuments 261
- Concrete 193
- Stations 170
- Bridges 166
- Industrial architecture 142
- Award winners 141
- Glass towers 128
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