Barrel vault
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A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve along a given distance. The curves are typically cir
Coffered ceiling of the barrel-vaulted nave in the Temple of Jupiter at Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia. Built early 4th century.
Nave of Lisbon Cathedral with a barrel vaulted soffit. Note the absence of clerestory windows, all of the light being provided by the Rose window at one end of the vault.
The Cloisters, New York City
Roman barrel vault at the villa rustica Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.
Groin vault
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A groin vault or groined vault is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults. The word "groin" refers to the edge between the intersecting vaults. Sometimes the arches of groin
Barrel vault
…The third and most elegant mechanism to resist the lateral thrust was to create an intersection of two barrel vaults at right angles, thus forming a groin vault. Barrel vaults are known from the Ancient Iran (Elam), Indian Indus Valley Civilization and Ancient Egypt, and were used extensively in Roman architecture…
Renaissance groin vault in the church of Santa Maria dei Carmini in Venice
A groin vault (with pointed Gothic profile) viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'.
Santa Maria Maggiore at Guardiagrele in Abruzzo