Examples of 'lantern tower' in a sentence

Meaning of "lantern tower"

Lantern tower: A tall structure used for housing or displaying a lantern, which can serve as a signaling device, navigational aid, or decorative element in architecture
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  • A tower built over the junction of the nave and transept of a cruciform church.

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The lantern tower is an amazing work.
Above the crossing is a richly decorated lantern tower.
The bell tower or lantern tower threatened to collapse.
The transept crossing is surmounted by an impressive lantern tower.
A basilica and a lantern tower have been built there.
The transept crossing is surmounted by a small quadrangular lantern tower.
The octagonal lantern tower dates from this time.
Within the vaulted interior, the transept is lit by a lantern tower.
A decorative lantern tower and ventilation turret tops the dome.
A single pepper-pot turret survived on the remains of the lantern tower.
The huge dome with magnificent lantern tower still dominates the nearby buildings.
The lantern tower and the tall Gothic windows correspond to the presbytery.
Gothic Rouen Cathedral has a lantern tower with ribbed vault.
The transept is non-projecting complete with piers that support the above lantern tower.
At about the same time, the lantern tower was also renovated.

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Framed by the towers Saint-Romain and butter, it is especially remarkable with its lantern tower.
Unlike the La Chaîne and Saint-Nicolas towers, the Lantern tower has only two spiral staircases.
The lantern tower of Saint Sulpitius Church accommodates the historical Hemony-Sergeys carillon of Diest.
There is a small beach in the town - just along the harbour from the Lantern Tower.
The lantern tower was built in 1479 to replace a Romanesque tower that was struck by lightning.
Perched 51 meters above the nave is a majestic lantern tower octagonal.
The octagonal Lantern tower dates to Romanesque period, but modified in the late 18th century.
Burned in 1944, the building retains an octagonal lantern tower of the first half of.
The lantern tower illuminated the new main altarpiece ( 1536 ), a Renaissance masterpiece of the sculptor Gabriel Yoly.
In the 16th century, the Lantern Tower was used as a prison, firstly for priests.

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