Media Summary: July 9th, 1357. Five thirty-one in the morning. On the banks of the Vltava River in Prague, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV ... Spring, 1220. In a water meadow south of Old Sarum, in the county of Wiltshire, a bishop named Richard Poore kneels in the wet ... In September 1178, a French master mason named William of Sens stands on a wooden scaffold roughly 50 feet, 15 meters, ...

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July 9th, 1357. Five thirty-one in the morning. On the banks of the Vltava River in Prague, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV ... Spring, 1220. In a water meadow south of Old Sarum, in the county of Wiltshire, a bishop named Richard Poore kneels in the wet ... In September 1178, a French master mason named William of Sens stands on a wooden scaffold roughly 50 feet, 15 meters, ... In this relaxing architecture video, we explore the quiet mystery and breathtaking beauty of Sainte-Chapelle, one of the most ... In the winter of 1247, a group of medieval stonemasons gathered before sunrise beside a half-finished

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