Lojsta

ruins, Sweden

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In Western architecture: Prelude to Romanesque in the north
…“long hall” or palace at Lojsta (built c. 1000) on the island of Gotland. Judging from the remains of the building, the superstructure must have consisted of tall, triangular frames stiffened by timbers that mark out a supporting square in the lower half of the triangle. There was a smoke…
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