Heritage and its protection.

The collection

Le Roi du Patrimoine

Heritage that is neither castle, garden, village nor estate: abbeys, bridges, mills, lighthouses.

An initial, focused selection. Only published material from the shared knowledge base; the collection grows through editorial work.

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  Taranto Cathedral

  Taranto's Cathedral of San Cataldo developed through several building phases. Its transept, choir and underlying crypt date from the late tenth century. A three-aisled basilical nave was added around 1071, with columns partly reusing material from ancient buildings; its mosaic pavement was completed in 1160.

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  Photo: ParisTaras / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0

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  Uffizi

  The Uffizi Gallery occupies the first and second floors of a building constructed between 1560 and 1580 to Giorgio Vasari's design. Its collections include ancient sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Roman sculptures include copies of Greek originals that no longer survive.

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  Photo: Arek N. / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

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  Wells Cathedral

  Wells Cathedral's present building was begun around 1175 on a new site north of an older minster church. Its west front retains about 300 medieval statues. The scissor arches were constructed between 1338 and 1348 as a response to instability in the tower structure.

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  Photo: Diliff / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

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  Wilhering Abbey

  Wilhering Abbey presents its monastic history as extending back to 1146. The abbey’s historical account records the consecration of a Romanesque church on 18 October 1254. The institution continues to maintain a monastic community, with cultural activities and a library associated with the abbey.

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  Worcester Cathedral

  Worcester Cathedral’s present building was begun in 1084 and is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The cathedral describes a history of Christian worship and prayer extending over fourteen centuries. Worship continues as its principal purpose.

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  Žiča

  Žiča’s founders, Saint Sava and Stefan the First-Crowned, intended the monastery as a centre of the independent Serbian church and a coronation place for future kings. Its icon-painting workshop was founded in 1978, during the episcopate of Bishop Stefan.

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