Choir (architecture)
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A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel, between the nave and the san
The choir of Bristol Cathedral, with the nave seen through the chancel screen, so looking west
The eastwards-facing choir of Strängnäs Cathedral, Sweden, during the Easter Vigil.
The Quire in Palencia Cathedral in northern Spain, an example of a monastic quire
Choir stalls at Boston Stump, Lincolnshire. A seat has been lifted to reveal the misericord.
Apse
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In architecture, an apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra. In Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic Christian church architecture, the term
Typical early Christian Byzantine apse with a hemispherical semi-dome in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare, Classe, Italy
Triple apse of Basilica di Santa Giulia, northern Italy
East end of the abbey church of Saint-Ouen, showing the chevet, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
A chevet apse vault, Toulouse, France