Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, and seminaries. It has evolved over the two...

that are found less often in parish churches. They also tend to display a higher level of contemporary architectural style and the work of accomplished...

distinct style gradually resulted in the Greek cross plan in church architecture. Civil architecture continued Greco-Roman trends; the Byzantines built impressive...

Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of...

Typical Romanesque architectural forms Portal, Church of Santa Maria, Viu de Llevata, Catalonia, Spain The vault at the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques...

Modern churches have a variety of architectural styles and layouts. Some buildings designed for other purposes have been converted to churches, while...

Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture and neoclassical architecture. Developed first in...

Kerala architecture is a style of architecture found in the Indian state of Kerala, and in parts of the Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka. Kerala's architectural...

Church architecture of England refers to the architecture of buildings of Christian churches in England. It has evolved over the two thousand years of...

The buildings and architecture of Chicago reflect the city's history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles....

Russian churches often have various recurrent elements in their architecture. The onion dome is for example a recurrent and important element in the architecture...

In Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic Christian church (including cathedral and abbey) architecture, the term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal...

high church movement which sought to emphasise the continuity between the established church and the pre-Reformation Catholic church. Architecture, in...

ecclesiastical architecture, and Gothic cathedrals and churches, as well as abbeys, and parish churches. It is also the architecture of many castles...

architecture, a vestibule (Latin: vestibulum) was a partially enclosed area between the interior of the house and the street. In modern architecture,...

the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired...

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion...

represented in church architecture of that time. The best-preserved monument of Byzantine architecture in Crimea is the 8th-century Church of St. John the...

The architecture of Russia refers to the architecture of modern Russia as well as the architecture of both the original Kievan Rus', the Russian principalities...

nave. Smaller medieval churches may not have a choir in the architectural sense at all, and they are often lacking in churches built by all denominations...

influence on the Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian architecture. The Old Russian architecture of churches originates from the pre-Christian Slavic zodchestvo...

of the Catholic Church, and today they can be found on every continent including Antarctica. The history of Marian church architecture tells the unfolding...

church architecture. Due to its originality, it is one of the best known churches in the city. The commission for the construction of a church to be named...

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

The architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) includes the design and use of the church's temples, meetinghouses, historic...

architecture, and Armenian churches in particular, have several distinctive features, which some believe to be the first national style of a church building...

Armenian church architecture is the architectural style of the Armenian church buildings created since the Apostolic era of Christianity in the Armenian...

remains of Anglo-Saxon church architecture. At least fifty churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin with major Anglo-Saxon architectural features, with many more...

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