I love the medieval romanesque style, but almost all buildings of that style are churches/cathedrals.

Are there any non-religious buildings that you know of?

Besides Minas Tirith in LOTR. :lol:

The Madison Graded School...Madison, Georgia...1895
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2125673114_ced2f7d63e.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/webrarian/2125673114/


The Savannah Cotton Exchange...Savannah, Georgia...1887
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3530/3277968588_ac7e6d0190.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31003535@N07/3277968588/


Oglethorpe County Courthouse...Lexington, Georgia...1887
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/200614975_e9f703085d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/200614975/


Brunswick City Hall...Brunswick, Georgia...1888
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/1029613042_7120892f7b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/1029613042/sizes/l/

This is neo-gothic... :ohno:

In Spain there are some romaesque palaces that I know:

Pazo Xelmírez (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)

Was built by Xelmírez (bishop of Santiago) fixed to romanic cathedral at 1100, but was destroyed and rebuilt at 1120. Also has a room added at 1253.

The concept of palace at this ages was just a public hall that was used for every event (our present concept of palace is the moorish palace, with different halls for different functions). In this case are two halls (one built in 1120, and the other of 1253). Its capitals represent profane scenes, like musicians, banquets...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8494/p1010468v.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6987/p1010469v.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6695/pazo4.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5807/pazo7.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4132/pazo5.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3460/pazo.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4161/pazo6.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2876/pazo2.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/184/pazo3.jpg


Navarra royal Palace (Estella, Navarra, Spain)

This palace in Estella, a village of Navarra, was the royal palace of the kingdom of Navarre. It's another case of extraordinary preservation of a romanic palace, because it was built during the 12th century. The main element is the facade, with sculptured scenes in the capitals, inspired on popular sayings, tourneys, fables and the Roldan legend (nephiew of Carlomagno, Charles the Great) who faces the giant Ferragut.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1333/estella.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8814/estella6.jpg

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8963/estella1.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6716/estella2.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4967/estella3.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7270/estella4.jpg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6194/estella5.jpg


Bishop's palace of Orense (Galicia, Spain)

Over a roman building, and after that a suevian palace, the palace of 1131 preserves the arcs and the L disposition.

http://www.arteguias.com/imagenes2/palacioepiscopalorense2.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2874/orense.jpg

romanesque houses in Cluny, France:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nzCmoO_ts6Y/SkakKwDC6pI/AAAAAAAAGi4/tTqU9-N1PLE/IMG_0165.JPG

http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/k/kfa0649.jpg

Poreč, Croatia

http://www.zutaloptica.com/__stuff__/gallery/00000058/gallery/romani%C4%8Dka-ku%C4%87a(XIIst)-velka68_.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/32/0d/54/union-station.jpg

I'm not sure if this is Romanesque or Gothic revival, but to the victorians, it was Romanesque.

The Indianapolis Train Station 1880's.

Loarre castle, Spanish pyrenees

http://www.castillodeloarre.org/Loarre-bordes.jpg

http://www.jorgetutor.com/spain/aragon/Huesca_provincia/Castillo_Loarre/Castillo_Loarre21.jpg
http://www.jorgetutor.com/spain/aragon/Huesca_provincia/Castillo_Loarre/Castillo_Loarre18.jpg
http://www.jorgetutor.com/spain/aragon/Huesca_provincia/Castillo_Loarre/Castillo_Loarre19.jpg
from jorgetutor.com

To be honest, most of those actually belong to the chapel but I think there're other romanesque parts in the castle that look alike.

Wartburg, near Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wartburg_06.jpg/800px-Wartburg_06.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Wartburg2004.JPG/800px-Wartburg2004.JPG

In Belgium there are some nice examples in Ghent.

Het Gravensteen (the castle of the count of flanders)
Built in 1180 by count Philip of Alsace when he returned from the crusades.
http://heraldictimes.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/gent_gravensteen61.jpg

The city also had a large group of patricians who tried to rival the power of the count and during the middle ages they build about a hundred stone mansions (stenen in dutch) throughout the city of which a few remain.

Gerard de duivelsteen (castle of gerard the devil)

http://imagene.youropi.com/gerard-de-duivelsteen-gent-1(p:location,399)(c:0).jpg

Hof van Ryhove

http://www.visitgent.be/pics/Visit/Beziens/HofRyhove/ryhove01.jpg

De kleine sikkel

http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0001817aa.jpg

and a rare example of a commercial building, het korenstapelhuis (the granewarehouse)

http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0004276aa.jpg

I'm not sure if this is Romanesque or Gothic revival, but to the victorians, it was Romanesque.

The Indianapolis Train Station 1880's.

Romanesque: from year 1.000 to year 1.200 approximately, it depends the place to. But obviously 19th century is not romanesque.

Romanesque: from year 1.000 to year 1.200 approximately, it depends the place to. But obviously 19th century is not romanesque.

It is a revival obviously.
I wasn't sure what time period was being used.

Hi chicken.
I like a rare example of a commercial building, het korenstapelhuis (the granewarehouse).

chicken?