Chateau de Chantilly Castle Parks and Gardens

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The Chantilly estate offers visitors the chance to stroll through the large grounds that the Chateau de Chantilly is at the heart of and the grounds cover an area of around 115 hectares.
There are so many different things to see when walking around the grounds, such as the French Garden that was designed by Andre [...]

History of Gothic Architecture

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Gothic architecture in Europe and Great Britain grew out the Crusades. The rounded arches in churches soon evolved to the strong arch and Gothic style was born.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that the principle of Gothic architecture is “infinity made imaginable.” And Ralph Waldo Emerson described a Gothic cathedral as “a blossoming in stone.” Both writers [...]