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Cathedral Cities in the Movies: Italy

By moviejourneys On September 24, 2014 · Add Comment · In Cathedral Cities, Early Europe, Uncategorized
Renaissance Rome There are a few cities in Europe where ancient ruins still occupy significant plots of urban real estate. Rome and Athens come immediately to mind. Rome is very nearly perfect in its display of the three tiers of history over the last 5000 years. There are monumental ruins around almost every corner, some [...]
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Cathedral Cities in the Movies: France

By moviejourneys On September 24, 2014 · Add Comment · In Cathedral Cities, Early Europe
Notre Dame / Chartres Of the many medieval cathedrals in France, there are two that hold surpassing reputations in the popular imagination. The oldest of them is Notre-Dame de Paris, which was begun in 1163 and completed in 1345. The fame of Notre-Dame rests not so much on its role as a marker in the [...]
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Cathedral Cities in the Movies: Germany

By moviejourneys On September 24, 2014 · Add Comment · In Cathedral Cities, Early Europe
On a 2013 visit to Prague, we came upon a massive statue in the Old Town Square dedicated to Jan Hus (say Yan Hoos). Knowing nothing of what this man had done to earn his monument, we listened to our local guide. Hus was a master at Charles University in Prague. He led an early [...]
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Cathedral Cities in the Movies: British Isles

By moviejourneys On September 23, 2014 · Add Comment · In Cathedral Cities, Early Europe
After the Romans, England had its share of invaders, among them the Saxons, the Danes, and the Normans, but on the whole it seems to me that the kingdom’s history of domination is an inside job. Driving across the rolling green landscapes of this hallowed isle, there are castles, vast estates, and royal palaces that [...]
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