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Meaning of "barrel vaults"

Barrel vaults - In architecture, a barrel vault is a type of arched structure that resembles a continuous tunnel or barrel. It is often used to provide structural support and create a sense of grandeur in buildings
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It is roofed by three barrel vaults supported by pillars.
Barrel vaults with cupolas at the crosses.
The three naves are covered by barrel vaults.
The barrel vaults are furnished with grotesque decorations.
The four side naves are covered by barrel vaults.
Barrel vaults are a particular form of barrel roof.
The nave is covered by barrel vaults.
Stone barrel vaults were only used to roof small spans.
The first shell roofs were simple barrel vaults.
The barrel vaults of the lower storeys are partly collapsed.
The whole souk is covered with barrel vaults.
The ceilings are barrel vaults built with stabilized earth blocks.
It is covered with barrel vaults.
The dormers, barrel vaults and gable ends also have timber finials.
The interior has a single nave with ogival barrel vaults.

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The imperial chapel is covered by barrel vaults and is surmounted by two domes too.
The structure has a rectangular plan and is characterized by barrel vaults.
In the basement there are rooms with barrel vaults on straps and sail straps.
They are also used on curved surfaces such as domes and barrel vaults.
Surrounding the main dome is a sophisticated system of barrel vaults and shallow, saucer-like secondary domes.
Parts of the building are furnished with cellars that have barrel vaults.
Later, the Gothic replaced the barrel vaults with groin vaults and larger windows were possible.
The cover is made of a combination of vaults and edge alongside the barrel vaults.
Barrel vaults are known from Ancient Egypt, and were used extensively in Roman architecture.
Inside there are three naves with barrel vaults and transept.
Like Sassanid buildings, the castle 's structural system is transverse arches supporting barrel vaults.
The Baroque interior of the temple is characterized by barrel vaults supported by wall arches.
The current church is in Baroque style and has a nave with barrel vaults.
This is a small single-aisled structure, roofed with barrel vaults and a groined vault.
It has a " quatrefoil " layout in the form of four semi cylinders with barrel vaults.
Large, high rooms with barrel vaults.
The ceiling on the ground floor rooms consisted of three long, adjacent barrel vaults.
The eight side-chapels have barrel vaults.
The nave is covered by cross vaults, while the transept has barrel vaults.
Rib vault The intersection of two or three barrel vaults.
The nave has a barrel vault, and the aisles transverse barrel vaults.
Above the presbytery, there is another vault and a roof formed by eight small barrel vaults.
Inspired by the tea plantations surrounding the mountain, his plans include green barrel vaults.
The remains left today is basically a nucleus formed by 150 rooms covered by barrel vaults.
Nowadays it is a bridge with 14 hollows, and barrel vaults.

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