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A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. [1] In cruciform (" cross -shaped") churches , in particular within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave .
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The window in the west transept depicts Saint Vincent de Paul, patron of the church and founder of the Congregation of the Mission. [4] The east transept window depicts Christ the King. A new south rose window was created by Conrad Schmitt Studios of New Berlin, Wisconsin to replace the original destroyed in a fire in 1955. [ 5 ]
Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.
The Archdiocese of Chicago (Latin: Archidiœcesis Chicagiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in Northeastern Illinois, in the United States.
St. Adalbert Church (Polish: Kościół Świętego Wojciecha) is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The church is located on 17th Street between Paulina Street and Ashland Avenue in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois .
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In churches with a traditional Latin cross plan, and a transept and central crossing, the chancel usually begins at the eastern side of the central crossing, often under an extra-large chancel arch supporting the crossing and the roof. This is an arch which separates the chancel from the nave and transept of a church. [4]