Clerestory

The clerestory, also referred to as clerestory windows or clerestory (Latin claristorium or clerestorium, English clerestory or overstorey, french claire - voie, Italian cleristorio ), the upper panel of the nave of a basilica.

The clerestory is located above the roofs of the side aisles and is pierced with windows. The windows of the clerestory allow direct exposure of the central nave. In contrast, the nave of a church hall without clerestory and is lit from the windows of the side aisles. Is the clerestory low and windowless, it is called a pseudo- basilica (Season Hall ).

The clerestory extends beyond the farm buildings of the Middle Ages who built the church wall Gaden (also: Gadem, shed ',' shed ',' house '), and therefore gets its name, it retains even in the later multi-wing church buildings in which the extensions continue to move away from the main ship. Detached churches are common, moreover, since the middle of the 19th century, the urban planning of the Middle Ages, the churches were firmly remodels.

Get remains of Gadenbauten today: Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral

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