Middle+Ages

This is the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France during the 14th century. The papalcourt was located in Avignon, away from the conflicts plaguing Rome and Italy. Avignon became a mecca, which joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam for scholarship during the late medieval and early Renaissance eras. || This is Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel, now the central element of Aachen Cathedral in Germany, is the finest surviving example of Carolingian architecture, which is the style of north European architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne began construction on his chapel in 786.Construction continued for more than a millennium to form today's Aachen cathedral. ||
 * =Palace of the Popes in Avignon= || =Interior of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel= ||
 * [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/6284/628404w.jpg width="442" height="353" align="top" caption="Title: Palace of the Popes in Avignon"]]

The picture shows people being tortured and executed because they thought they infected others with plague inItaly. Jews, vagabonds, and witches were accused of purposely spreading the deadly disease. || This picture is a Mosaic of Jesus of Nazareth in the dome of the Arian Baptistry at Ravenna. The Arians were a sect of the Christian church whose beliefs were declared heretical at the Council of Nicaea.. ||
 * =The Black Plague= || =Byzantine Mosaic of Jesus at Arian Baptistry= ||
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