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Lantern tower
Windowed tower atop the crossing of a cruciform church From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In church architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through which light from outside can shine down to the crossing (so it also called a crossing lantern).
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Many lantern towers are octagonal and give an extra dimension to the decorated interior of the dome.
An affiliated term is the Italian tiburio, which is the lantern atop a dome. Like a lantern tower, a tiburio is often polygonal and interspersed with windows both to lighten the load and allow for light to shine. The word tiburio is from the Medieval Latin tiburium (lit. 'hut', a variant of tugurium).[1][2]
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Interior, Peterborough Cathedral, UK
St Andrew's Church, Sutton, UK
Interior, Saint-Étienne's Church, Caen
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