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In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides)

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed

Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process

The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings

Half-domes also became a favored architectural element and were adopted as apses in Christian sacred architecture. Monumental domes began to appear in

curve of the apse with the patriarch's throne at the middle eastern point formed the synthronon. The two smaller compartments and apses at the sides of

Classical architecture examples are an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse. In the first

has three simple apses The Church of St Nicola, Kungur, Russia, has an apse and wide ambulatory. Tours Cathedral, France, has a high apse, ambulatory and

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical

apsides) are architectural features of churches Apse or apsis or apses or apsides or apside or variation, may also refer to: Apsis (or apse or apside),