An
inheritance to be discover..
The
Roman Road of Alsace invites to discover a major aspect
of the regional
inheritance.
From Wisssembourg to Feldbach, while passing by the Vosgean
massif and the Rhenish plain, this tourist and cultural
route includes more than 120 sites, from the most prestigious
to the most secret.
Twenty townships – relays are equipped with a descriptive
of detailed information on the architecture of the buildings
met.
Six places of reception and cultural animation (ap) (Feldbach,
Ottmarsheim, Sélestat, Strasbourg, Marmoutier, Wissembourg),
three permanent Roman Spaces (Guebwiller, Rosheim, Neuwiller
Saverne), as well as the visit of the museums which enrich
and prolong the course.
To
follow the Roman Road of Alsace makes it possible to appreciate
the variety of Alsatian landscapes. It is also to plunge
in the heart of a tumultuous and fertile history, of the
bursting of the Carolingian kingdom ,of the prosperity of
the Hohenstaufen time. Tangible traces of this past, strong
abbeys and castles spread out from the XI century to the
XIIth Century beginning. These buildings testify to the
evolution of the regional Roman art, of its antiquated forms
in the advent of the Gothic.
History
and Architecture 
The
first Roman Alsatian churches of the XIth century are characterized
by their cover out of frame, the system of the vault being
reserved to the apses and the crypts
Two models are distinguished:
·the plan is a center perpetuating the memory of
the church of Aachen.
·the basilical plan has three naves, gradually dominating.
Alsace grows richer by multiple influences, in particular
Lombardian and Burgundian.
At
the XII century, the use of the vault spreads, the turn-bell-towers
are drawn up towards the sky, and the masonry out of stone
of size succeeds roughcast quarry stone, the sculpture continues
and covers the gates of scenes sorted of the Sacred History.
Between 1180 et 
and
1230, in its late phase, the Alsatian Roman art uses more
systematically the new techniques, as the gothic arch and
the ribbed vault. While deploying more complex volumes,
it preserves its specific qualities, in particular the taste
for sober and clearly drawn spaces
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