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Who was the architect of Uraniborg and Stjerneborg?
It is strange to observe that the links to Wikipedia in questions contain text that merely says 'Brahe built it', when other pages give hints to the builder like this:
[…] Hans only worked on ...
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What are some examples that show medieval stone construction on top of older foundations?
Take a look at Colchester Castle, built on the base of the temple of Claudius, destroyed at the time of Boadicea. You can see an oyster shell from Roman times in the vaulted basement of the castle; it ...
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What are some examples that show medieval stone construction on top of older foundations?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Clemente_al_Laterano
Saint Clemente Basilica in Rome, a three-tiered complex of buildings:
the present basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of ...
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What are some examples that show medieval stone construction on top of older foundations?
There are plenty of examples of Roman buildings and structures reused, rebuild, repurposed or build over in Medieval and later times.
One example: Casa de l'Ardiaca in Barcelona, a medieval and later ...
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