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2. Church window - Wikipedia

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   Above the window the flat surface of the arch remained without ornamentation or was pierced by small round windows. Romanesque art used, in addition to windows enclosed by the round arch, others surrounded by the trefoil or fan-arch, and even openings for light entirely Baroque in design, with arbitrarily curved arches. In the Gothic period the ...

3. Lancet window - Wikipedia

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   A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a sharp lancet pointed arch at its top. [1] It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. [2] Instances of this architectural element are typical of Gothic church edifices of the earliest period. Lancet windows may occur singly, or paired under a single moulding, or grouped in an ...

4. Venetian window - Wikipedia

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   The Venetian window consists of an arched central light, symmetrically flanked by two shorter sidelights. Each sidelight is flanked by two columns or pilasters and topped by a small entablature. The entablatures serve as imposts supporting the semicircular arch that tops the central light. In the library at Venice, Sansovino varied the design ...

5. Gateway Arch - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHL. May 28, 1987 [ 4 ] The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, [ 5 ] it is the world's tallest arch [ 4 ] and Missouri's tallest accessible structure.

6. Glennie Hall - Wikipedia

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   The hall ceased being used as a wine and spirit store about 1916. [1] The Church of England purchased the Oddfellows Hall in 1921 for £800. After spending over £400 on refurbishment including adding modern conveniences the hall was official opened by the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane on 21 August 1921 as the home of the St Marks Young Men's ...

7. Bifora (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Bifora (architecture) A bifora is a type of window divided vertically into two openings by a small column or a mullion or a pilaster; the openings are topped by arches, round or pointed. [1][2][3] Sometimes the bifora is framed by a further arch; the space between the two arches may be decorated with a coat of arms or a small circular opening ...