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Aisle & Apse Read the building

Features / Layout

Layout

Ambulatory

A walkway that carries the aisles on around the back of the apse, so people can walk behind the altar area.

Where to look
Follow an aisle past the crossing: if it curves round behind the far end, that is the ambulatory.
Styles
On the drawings
Plan

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Plan of a cross-shaped building from the west front (left) to the apse (right). Each label links to its feature. W E NarthexAisleTranseptAmbulatoryWest frontNaveArcade (piers)CrossingChoirApseChapels
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