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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 18:20:40 GMT
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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 cathedral tradition. Usually
the bell tower and the baptismal building were kept separate from the duomo
(sp?) or main cathedral. The infamous Leaning Tower of Pisa is the
campanile for the less well-known Cathedral of Pisa. As a lot of Italian
cathedrals are domed, it made more sense to separate the bell tower so as to
not interfere with the profile of the dome.
Northern European cathedrals almost always stuck their bell towers onto the
cathedral proper, mostly in a 2 up front configuration. This was really a
cost-saving measure, though, since the original plans for most cathedrals
called for quite a few towers (2 up front, one over the intersection of the
transept and nave, 1-2 on each end of the transept).
In lugnet.build.arch, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.build.arch, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.build.arch, Sonnich Jensen writes:
> > Tower is usually called the "Steeple".
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> Or bell tower, or campanile, particularly if it isn't attached to the church.
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> > I *believe* in most churches the addition at the opposite end of the tower is
> > referred to as a "chapel".
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> 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.
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> Amy
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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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