Layout

Apse

A semicircular or many-sided end to a building or to one of its parts, usually vaulted or half-domed.

Where to look

The rounded or polygonal far end; outside, a curved wall with its own lower roof.

Styles

• Romanesque
• Gothic
• Byzantine and Byzantine Revival
• Renaissance
• Romanesque Revival and Richardsonian

On the drawings

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