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  2. Arcade (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Church cloisters very often use arcading. Islamic architecture very often uses arcades in and outside mosques in particular. In Renaissance architecture elegant arcading was often used as a prominent feature of facades, for example in the Ospedale degli Innocenti (commissioned 1419) or the courtyard of the Palazzo Bardi , both by Filippo ...

  3. Triforium - Wikipedia

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    In a church, it opens onto the nave from above the side aisles; it may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be located as a separate level below the clerestory. Masonry triforia are generally vaulted and separated from the central space by arcades .

  4. Cloister - Wikipedia

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    A square cloister sited against the flank of the abbey church was built at Inden (816) and the abbey of St. Wandrille at Fontenelle (823–833). At Fulda , a new cloister (819) was sited to the liturgical west of the church "in the Roman manner" [ 12 ] familiar from the forecourt of Old St. Peter's Basilica because it would be closer to the relics.

  5. Alternation of supports - Wikipedia

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    The second area of the frequent use of the alternation was Germany, with the earliest example still standing of the church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode (c. 960-1014). St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1022), Hildesheim Cathedral (1061), and Gandersheim Abbey (1094) form an 11th-century group of churches in Saxony with alternate supports in the ...

  6. Neon Bible - Wikipedia

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    Arcade Fire performing in support of Neon Bible at the United Palace Theater on May 7, 2007. Arcade Fire began their tour in support of the album in January and February 2007, playing a series of concerts at churches and other small venues in Ottawa, [29] Montreal, London and New York. This was followed by a 23 date European tour in March and ...

  7. Arcade Fire's Church Recording Studio for Sale for $325,000 - AOL

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    Fans of indie rock group Arcade Fire were all atwitter last week when the band tweeted a listing for the Quebec church-turned-recording studio where they recorded their albums "Neon Bible" and ...

  8. Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh) - Wikipedia

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    The Union Trust Company purchased the structure in 1923, renaming it from the Union Arcade to the Union Trust Building, as well as remodeling the first four floors. Many people believe that the building's unique roof is the result of a restrictive covenant placed on the land by its previous owner, the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

  9. Old Church of St Nidan, Llanidan - Wikipedia

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    The Old Church of St Nidan, Llanidan is a medieval church in the community of Llanidan, in Anglesey, North Wales, close to the Menai Strait.The first church on the site was established in the 7th century by St Nidan, the confessor of the monastery at Penmon, Anglesey, but the oldest parts of the present structure, now closed and partly ruined, date from the 14th century.