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| | | (...) So then no, the steeple isn't always to the west. :D Doors are usually at the end of the nave (see below), or at least on one of the transepts. (...) Tower is usually called the "Steeple". The small additions on the sides are called (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | | | | Re: Church design - what is right? —Amy Hughes
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| | | | (...) Or bell tower, or campanile, particularly if it isn't attached to the church. (...) These often have a chapel underneath them, but I believe they are called the chancel. If you are refering to the area where the altar is. Amy (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | | | | | Re: Church design - what is right? —Eric Lind
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| | | | Churches often have some sort of underground rooms. Cathedrals generally have crypts for notable dead people underneath them, or for relics or whatever. Crypts for notable live people are kept elsewhere. Campaniles are generally part of the Italian (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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