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Re: Church design - what is right?
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lugnet.build.arch
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:47:10 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.build.arch, Sonnich Jensen writes:
> Tower is usually called the "Steeple".
Or bell tower, or campanile, particularly if it isn't attached to the church.
> I *believe* in most churches the addition at the opposite end of the tower is
> referred to as a "chapel".
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
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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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| (...) 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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