The project consists of three parts:

1st part:

Link with last year work

The students have been divided in three groups; each group has studied the project made by a foreign partner and then has made questions about the project to his partners that have made the work.

These are the questions made to each partner:

• When did Hakonshallen burn to the ground?
• Where is Hakonshallen situated?
• What is Bergenhus today?
• What’s the origin of the clergy in Christian Churches?
• Who built the Rosenkratzen tower and when?
• What’s the Rosenkratzen today?
• Was music important in Middle Age in Bergen? Why?
• Why were the royalty and the clergy important for Bergen social life?
• Which was the largest group of craftsmen in Bergen?
• What do the different types of legends talk about?

 

SPAIN

• Why was the shrine built with the mortar?
• What did the displays windows serve?
• Why was the shrine erected on the top of a previous shrine?
• Why was everything decorated with friezes except for the transept on the shrine of Saint Miquel de Cruilles?
• Where is the "Empordà castle" placed ?
• Why is the Church of "Sant Pol de la Bisbal devoted to Saint James today?
• What was the role of ladies in medieval castles?
• Did they only devote their free time to their physical aspect?
• Had the monks also a political role ?
• Who were the "veguers" and why were they called in this way?
• Your old legends are so charming. Where did you find them?
• Why did the churches give protection to the outlaws in the old times?

• When was the castle of Arlod built?
• What did the castle contain?
• How was the goat in Middle Age considered?
• What does the "Roland’s foot" legend talk about?
• Which families formed the nobility of Bellegarde region?
• How was the Romanesque church made of?
• Why was the wooden framework replaced by a stone vault in the Romanesque churches?
• Describe the characters of the gothic art
• What is the figurative meaning of robust stones, door and buildings position facing east according the medieval thought’

2nd part

The students have produced a video showing the groups involved in the project and a specified aspect of their social and cultural environment.

Students involved in the project:

Lucy Inguanti Gabriella Agosta Vanessa Impeduglia Antonio Scollo

Mariana Campo Giuseppe Ferro Rosalinda Pizzino

Vanessa Carlaffo Salvatore Piccione Graziella Dinaro

Enza Lo Pizzo Rosa Susanna Bombagi Fernando Russo

Mirian Ferraro Enrica Bombagi Francesco La Rosa

Marianna Liggieri Massimo Privitelli Cristina Scevola

Tiziana Cimino Gianfranco Di Bernardo Vanessa Randone

Maria Giovanna Italia