In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an
View from the nave of the chancel of Condom Cathedral in France, with ambulatories and two altars, the modern one in the choir
St Peter's, Lilley, Hertfordshire a medium-sized English church showing the nave, chancel arch, and a chancel with choir and sanctuary
Iron entry gates to the chancel at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania), USA, designed by master blacksmith Samuel Yellin
A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform church.
Crossing and lantern tower, Rouen Cathedral
Crossing with dome, Florence Cathedral, Florence
Crossing tower, Canterbury Cathedral
Flèche above crossing, Notre-Dame de Paris