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Apsidal Chapel

In architecture , an apsidal chapel or "radiating chapel is a chapel in the form of an apse. These chapels are built into the architecture of a church. They are joined in ambulatory or, if it does not exist, directly to the apse.

Description

The apse and the apse chapels of the Abbey of Saint-Jouin de Marnes

The church of Saint-Nectaire - In the far left of the church, chapels

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