Three apse church

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three apsidial hall church St. Peter Mistail , Graubünden (8th century)

A three-apse church is a church with three apses , each of which usually had an altar. While the parish churches of the Middle Ages usually had only one apse, three apses were usually reserved for larger and more important church buildings such as cathedrals , monastery churches , priory churches , collegiate and collegiate churches , etc. There are several types of construction:

St-André-de-Sorède

Normal case

In the normal case of a three- apse church, the three naves each end in an apse. Since the aisles are usually narrower and lower than the central nave, the same configuration, which resembles a triumphal arch scheme, can also be found in the apses; the same applies to single-nave churches with a transept .

Three apse halls

Church of St. Agatha , Disentis , Graubünden (12th century)

This type of one-room hall church with three adjacent apses belongs to the Carolingian period; this includes, for example:

Taukreuzkirchen

Santa Lucía del Trampal , Extremadura (7th century)

Taukreuzkirchen are single-churches with a cross-house ( Transept ) to which the east three vestibules are attached; the middle vestibule is usually higher and / or deeper than the two lateral ones. These include, for example:

Dreikonchenkirchen

Saint-Sulpice , Marignac , Charente (12th century)

In a three-corner church ( trikonchos ), the three mostly equally sized apses of the choir are arranged in the shape of a cross or clover leaf. These include a .:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carolingian church building: Church of St. Peter Mistail.
  2. ↑ Carolingian church building: Church ruins Sogn Murezi.