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2. Roof lantern - Wikipedia

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   The lantern over the dome of the Florence Baptistery, dated to 1150 [1] A cupola-shaped lantern on 16th-century Seville Cathedral, Andalusia, Spain. A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element. Architectural lanterns are part of a larger roof and provide natural light into the space or room below.

3. Daylighting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A roof lantern is a daylighting cupola that sits above a roof, as opposed to a skylight which is fitted into a roof's construction. Roof lanterns serve as both an architectural feature and a method of introducing natural light into a space, and are typically wooden or metal structures with a number of glazed glass panels.

4. Cupola - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a cupola (/ ˈ k (j) uː p ə l ə /) [1] is a relatively small, usually dome-like structure on top of a building [2] often crowning a larger roof or dome. [3] [4] Cupolas often serve as a roof lantern to admit light and air or as a lookout.

5. Ridge turret - Wikipedia

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   It can have a flat roof but usually has a pointed roof or other kind of apex over. When the height of a roof turret exceeds its width it is usually called a tower or steeple in English architecture, and when the height of a ridge turret's roof exceeds its width, it is called a spire in English architecture or a flèche in French architecture.

6. Lantern tower - Wikipedia

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   Lantern tower (left) and a bell toweron Tarazona Cathedral, Spain. In architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through which light from outside can shine down to the crossing (so it also called a crossing lantern).

7. Stone lantern - Wikipedia

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   One example of a movable lantern would be the zankō-dōrō (三光灯籠, lit. ' three lights lantern '), a small stone box with a low roof. Its name, "three lights lantern", is due to its windows, shaped like the sun and the moon in the front and rear, and like a star at the ends. [12] This type of lantern is usually placed near water.

8. Lantern (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   A lantern is a portable lighting device used to illuminate broad areas. Lantern or Lanterns may also refer to: Roof lantern, an architectural term to describe a structure above a dome, or other roof, with openings to admit light or air; Stage lighting instrument used in theatre and television

9. Coleman Lantern - Wikipedia

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   The Coleman Lantern is a line of pressure lamps first introduced by the Coleman Company in 1914. This led to a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline. Current models use kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light.