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Features / Layout

Layout

Radiating chapel

Small chapels opening off the ambulatory and fanning out around the apse. Together, apse, ambulatory and chapels are called a chevet.

Where to look
Outside the far end: a ring of small rounded or polygonal bays clustered around the apse.
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
PlanRadiating chapel is highlighted.