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First Romanesque
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<p>One of the first streams of <a href="/facts/Romanesque_architecture/Um0RoAhL">Romanesque architecture</a> in Europe from the 10th century and the beginning of 11th century is called First Romanesque, or Lombard Romanesque. It took place in the region of <a href="/facts/Lombardy/2p62Pxuc">Lombardy</a> (at that time the term encompassing the whole of <a href="/facts/Northern_Italy/paEuCnnf">Northern Italy</a>) and spread into <a href="/facts/Catalonia/p2KeGXbf">Catalonia</a> and into the south of <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>. Its principal decoration for the exterior, bands of ornamental blind arches are called <a href="/facts/Lombard_band/6GAeUyC6">Lombard bands</a>. It was characterized by thick walls and lack of sculpture in facades, and with interiors profusely painted with frescoes. </p>