Konche (architecture)
Floor plan of the pilgrimage church Birnau with conches to the left and right of the nave and an apse designed as a conche (above)
Fountain in the peach garden of Belvedere Palace ( Vienna ) with a conche (center), in which there was originally a fountain sculpture
A conche ( Gr. Konché ; Latin. Concha , " shell ") is an indentation or semicircular niche in architecture , which is usually closed at the top with a semi- dome . In church buildings, an apse or a side chapel can be designed as a conche.
The semicircular dome above the apse or the apse itself can also be called a conche.
A special use is found in the Trikonchos ("Dreikonchenanlage"), a central building with three evenly arranged cones.
See also
- Apse dome , semi-dome-like upper end of an apse like that of a conche
- Tetrakonchos , Vierkonchenchor or Vierapsidenkirche
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Wiktionary: Koncha - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
