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Romanesque Architecture Romanesque architecture was established in western Europe and was used from about 1000A.D. to the late 1100's. After Rome fell in 476, Roman culture was spread by the Christian church. By the end of the pre-Romanesque period Roman styles had fused with elements from the Byzantium Empire and the middle east, and from the Germans, the Celts, and other northern tribes in western Europe. These various combinations created a number of local styles, called Romanesque, meaning “in the manner of the roman.” Bunch material An extraordinary achievement of Romanesque architects was the use of stone vaulted buildings. This was a ceiling over a room built in a vari