Vaulted cellar

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A vaulted cellar in Quedlinburg , Lange Gasse 2-4

Vaulted cellar is a cellar that does not have a flat ceiling , but is usually closed off by a barrel vault .

Vaulted cellars are not built in modern residential buildings or are only built in exceptional cases. They are mostly located below farm buildings or extend behind them into a slope and are mainly used as storage cellars, such as wine cellars .