Coffer
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A coffer in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a
Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon (Rome), 126 AD
Gothic coffered ceiling with carved human heads at Wawel Castle (Kraków)
Arch of Titus, Rome (ca. 81 AD)
15th-century Perpendicular Gothic coffers in St Cuthbert's Church, Wells, Somerset (1470)
Wawel Castle
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The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was esta
Coffer
…Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon (Rome), 126 AD Gothic coffered ceiling with carved human heads at Wawel Castle (Kraków) A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or…
The Wawel Hill, with the cathedral on the right and the castle on the left.
An older section of Wawel from the 14th century, now the Cathedral Museum.
The Wawel complex, with the Cathedral on the left and Castle to the right. Over centuries, various styles of architecture have evolved side by side.
Smok Wawelski, Wawel's legendary dragon