Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
centrally-planned building:
A building in which the sides are of equal
length and in which the
main space is symmetrical when bisected laterally and longitudinally. A
centrally-planned building may be square, circular, or polygonal. The
most important feature of a centrally-planned building is the open space
at the center of the building, developed around a vertical axis.
Contrast with
longitudinally-planned building.
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Plan of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel, Aachen
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