Stonemasonry
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Stonemasonry, also called stonework or stonecraft, is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stone
Gobekli Tepe, early monumental Neolithic stonemasonry using flint-carved limestone columns (~9500 BCE)
12th-century stonemasonry at Angkor Wat
Diamond-wire saw in use for quarrying marble
Stonemason working with medieval tools
Freemasonry
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Freemasonry consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is considered the oldest existing secular fraternal organisation, with documents and tr
Stonemasonry
…train apprentices. During the Renaissance, the stonemason's guild admitted members who were not stonemasons, and eventually evolved into the Society of Freemasonry; fraternal groups which observe the traditional culture of stonemasons but are not typically involved in modern construction projects. A medieval…
Lodge in Palazzo Roffia, Florence, set out for French (Premiere Grand Lodge) ritual
Kosmopolis Lodge: A young Freemason (Entered Apprentice) explains the symbols, Bratislava, 2025
Freemasons Hall, London, home of the United Grand Lodge of England
The Historical Grand Lodge of the Grand Orient de France