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Meigle was probably the site of an important early medieval Pictish monastery, the centre of which was the present church and churchyard. There was a holy site here even before the Picts were Christianised in the 6th and 7th centuries. Picts (picti ‘the painted ones’) is the name used by the Romans in late antiquity for peoples in Scotland. The name is attributed to the widespread custom of tattooing. The peoples referred to by the Romans as the Picts were probably not one ethnic group, but different peoples with different cultural traditions, who nevertheless formed political and military alliances in the face of common enemies. The origin of the Picts is unclear. Their language and culture disappeared when the kingdoms of the Picts and the Celtic Scots were united under Kenneth MacAlpin in 843 AD. The Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum has an exceptional collection of carved Pictish stones Meigle 26 is an exceptionally recumbent gravestone. This end of the slab is depicting a man and a manticore.

A wooden chapel to St Adamnon may have existed since the 8th century. This was replaced by a stone church around 1130. This church had three altars: to St Cuthbert, St Bridget and St Adamnon. The church is considered to be the finest Norman Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland. Its most notable feature is the decorated archway framing the small main entrance door on the south side. The single-aisled nave, chancel and apse are almost entirely 12th century. Two of the many gravestones at the church I am grateful to the members of the parish for a very friendly welcome.

This is an early Christian site in Scotland that was used as such from the 5th or 6th century. There are graves that are dated to this period and archaeological findings suggest that a monastery complex may have been built in the late 6th century. It is certain that the monastery was built in the 8th to 9th centuries. Local tradition names Saint Ninian as the founder of the monastery and widely credited with bringing Christianity to the region. His shrine was a popular pilgrimage destination in the Middle Ages. Some people believe that this place is the cradle of Christianity. The excellent museum underlines this

This is an early Christian site in Scotland that was used as such from the 5th or 6th century. There are graves that are dated to this period and archaeological findings suggest that a monastery complex may have been built in the late 6th century. It is certain that the monastery was built in the 8th to 9th centuries. Local tradition names Saint Ninian as the founder of the monastery and widely credited with bringing Christianity to the region. His shrine was a popular pilgrimage destination in the Middle Ages. Some people believe that this place is the cradle of Christianity. The excellent museum underlines this Latinus and his daughter "We praise you, the Lord! Latinus, son of Barravados, aged 35, and his daughter, aged four, made a sign here". This memorial is the oldest surviving Christian monument in Scotland, erected about 450AD.

Boppard (known in Roman times as Vicus Baudobriga) lies on the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002. After the end of the Roman Empire the population continued to live in the former Roman fort, that in the 5th century became a Merovingian royal seat. A century later a predecessor of today's St. Severus Church was built from the remains of the abandoned Roman bath. In medieval times Boppard was often visited by the German kings, who then resided in the royal court. Excavations proofed that the early Christian church from the 6th century was a 9 × 32 meter church room with a small apse to the East. This church burnt down in the 10th century and got replaced by a smaller building. Around 1000 canons had formed a collegiate and cared for the pastoral needs. Today´s St. Severus church was erected in the 12th and 13th centuries. The two church towers date from the middle of the 12th century (the helmets are from the 17th century), the nave was built at the beginning of the 13th century and its likely completion is dated to 1225. The choir finally dates to around the year 1234. This gravestone, today displayed in the church, was found in 1973 during excavation work. It was cracked in two parts. It is dated to the 6th century - and reads HIC IN PACE Q[VIE]SCVNT BENEDICTVS / IACONIS BES[ON]TIO ET NEPTIS SVA / BENEDICTA PV[ELL]A IVSTICIOLA / OBIIT IVSTIC[I]OLA PVELLA VIII KA(LENDAS) / ET IACONISa) BESONTIO VIIb K(ALENDAS) APRI(LES) Here rest in peace the blessed deacon Besontio and his niece, the blessed girl Justiciola. The girl Justiciola died on the eighth and the deacon Besontio on the seventh (day) before the calendar of April.

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". Around the small Romanesque church "St. Stephanus", named "Krieler Dömchen" is an old graveyard. Here are two gravestones. The right one is in memory of Adam Ploog (1763 - 1849) and his wife Margeretha Ploog nee Krosch (1774 - 1849). Hilger Ploog (left stone) must have been their son. Hilger (1812 - 1860) is described ans a honourable , unwed retiree (with only 48 years of age!). He died at "Stuttgerhof", what was a part of the Kriel parish at that time. The small brick building in the backdrop was the first school here.

The construction of the "Duomo" began in 1064 by the architect Busketo, who with this structure set the model for the distinctive Pisan Romanesque style of architecture. When the construction of this cathedral started, Pisa was on a height of political (and financial) power. Pisa was an important commercial centre controlling large parts of the Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy. In 1017 Pisa had militarily supported the Sardinian "Giudicati" (regional kings) to defeat Saracen troops in the north of Sardinia. Between 1030 and 1035, Pisa defeated rival towns in Sicily. In 1051–1052 admiral Jacopo Ciurini conquered Corsica. In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen. The gold treasure taken from the Saracens in Palermo allowed the Pisans to start the building of the cathedral - and all other building of the "Piazza del Duomo". But the victorious Pisans did not only bring gold back, when they looted an area. They dismantled complete buildings and shipped the marble home, to be used here. So there are a lot of inscriptions and even carvings all around the duomo, that once have been somewhere else. After having found this website icon.di.unipi.it/ricerca/html/epd.html#epd-div1-d0e795 I know, that a lot of old sarcophagi and gravestone were used here. The inscription reads "IHC EST SEPulcrum MAISTRI GUIDO ET AR- RIGO BUNNO"

The construction of the "Duomo" began in 1064 by the architect Busketo, who with this structure set the model for the distinctive Pisan Romanesque style of architecture. When the construction of this cathedral started, Pisa was on a height of political (and financial) power. Pisa was an important commercial centre controlling large parts of the Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy. In 1017 Pisa had militarily supported the Sardinian "Giudicati" (regional kings) to defeat Saracen troops in the north of Sardinia. Between 1030 and 1035, Pisa defeated rival towns in Sicily. In 1051–1052 admiral Jacopo Ciurini conquered Corsica. In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen. The gold treasure taken from the Saracens in Palermo allowed the Pisans to start the building of the cathedral - and all other building of the "Piazza del Duomo". But the victorious Pisans did not only bring gold back, when they looted an area. They dismantled complete buildings and shipped the marble home, to be used here. So there are a lot of inscriptions and even carvings all around the duomo, that once have been somewhere else. After having found this website icon.di.unipi.it/ricerca/html/epd.html#epd-div1-d0e795 I know, that a lot of old sarcophagi and gravestone were used here. The inscriptions read: "Hoc Sepulcrum Est FILIORum CARBONIS" "IERARDO FILIO ALBITHI"

The construction of the "Duomo" began in 1064 by the architect Busketo, who with this structure set the model for the distinctive Pisan Romanesque style of architecture. When the construction of this cathedral started, Pisa was on a height of political (and financial) power. Pisa was an important commercial centre controlling large parts of the Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy. In 1017 Pisa had militarily supported the Sardinian "Giudicati" (regional kings) to defeat Saracen troops in the north of Sardinia. Between 1030 and 1035, Pisa defeated rival towns in Sicily. In 1051–1052 admiral Jacopo Ciurini conquered Corsica. In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen. The gold treasure taken from the Saracens in Palermo allowed the Pisans to start the building of the cathedral - and all other building of the "Piazza del Duomo". But the victorious Pisans did not only bring gold back, when they looted an area. They dismantled complete buildings and shipped the marble home, to be used here. So there are a lot of inscriptions and even carvings all around the duomo, that once have been somewhere else. After having found this website icon.di.unipi.it/ricerca/html/epd.html#epd-div1-d0e795 I know, that a lot of old sarcophagi and gravestone were used here. The inscription reads " ISTE SEPUL- TURE SUNT DE MAISTRI"