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Probably the must numerous medieval buildings we see today are churches and houses, built for ordinary people. There are a lot of monastic buildings around, but most are in ruins. There are castles, built for kings and members of the nobility. There are palaces built to be homes for kings and bishops, and manor houses built as homes for nobility. Some merchant buildings and guild halls also exist, built for commerce. There are even a few barns, built to store the grain. There are inns, presumably built for innkeepers to run their businesses. There are others as well.
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