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In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin absis 'arch, vault' from Greek ἀψίς apsis 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular.

architecture is an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse.

only one great cross in the apse like the Hagia Irene in Constantinople (after 740).

There were similar crosses in the apses of the Hagia Sophia Church.

The only structure preserved in the village is the apse of its church, one of the oldest surviving churches in the world.

It may terminate in an apse.

Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre, but were later.

feature of apses in Ancient Roman and traditional church architecture, and in mosques and iwans in Islamic architecture.

A semi-dome, or the whole apse, may.

fame of Castelseprio lies in the Early Medieval frescoes contained in the apse of the small Church of Santa Maria foris portas, which were only rediscovered.

An apse at one end, or less frequently at both ends or on the side, usually contained.

The Apse of Santa María d'Àneu is a romanesque apse of the church of Santa Maria, Àneu, the transferred frescos from which are now exhibited at Museu.

Only the apse, choir and transepts were completed.

originally built, with a barrel vault and a semicircular apse.

It has a square transept and apse to the south and square chapel to the north.

The apse is an unusual feature, found in only a few other medieval churches in Hertfordshire.

It grows on the apse of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany.

The oldest element preserved is the mudejar apse.

Judging by its structure, the apse does not appear to be earlier than the 13th century.

280–337) that once occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius near the Forum Romanum in Rome.

(four-apse) form.

[citation needed] The site is ruins today, with only the eastern apse and a portion of the western wall remaining.

The ruined apse is decorated.

It consisted of an apse on the eastern side of its 6-metre (20 ft) wide circular nave.

Synonyms:

niche; church building; church; tribune; apsis; recess;

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