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| Rough stones surrounding concrete core, 1st Roman Technique of building |
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| diamond-shaped bricks of tuff placed around a core of opus caementicium (Roman Concerete) |
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| What did the Romans Invent? |
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| Opus Testaceum/Opus latericium |
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| Construction Using Bricks and tiles used in ancient rome |
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| A place for walking, esp. an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery. |
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| Central approach to the high alter, the middle open space of the basilica/church |
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| Semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome |
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| (in a cross-shaped church) Either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave |
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| A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theater, an airplane, or a train. |
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| A vault forming a half cylinder. Invented by Romans. |
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| vault that resembles a Groined Vault but has ribbed arches. Found in Gothic Architecture |
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| Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles. |
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| Main North-South Route in Roman city planning. |
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| Main East-West Route in Roman city planning. |
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| An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley. |
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| Opus quadratum is an ancient Roman construction technique, in which squared blocks of stone of the same height were set in parallel courses, often without the use of mortar. |
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| A semicircular shape or structure |
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| (In an ancient Roman city) A public square or marketplace used for judicial and other business |
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| A fine, sandy volcanic ash. Concrete + Cement |
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| Baths in Diocletian, Rome |
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| A round building, typically unroofed, with a central space for the presentation of dramatic or sporting events. Tiers of seats for spectators surround the central space. Present in Roman Architecture |
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| a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory |
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| A buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports |
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| Of or relating to the Frankish dynasty, founded by Charlemagne's father (Pepin III), that ruled in western Europe from 750 to 987. eg. St. Denis |
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| A room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse, esp. in ancient Roman and Greek houses and gymnasia, typically semicircular in plan |
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| An architectural space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by such columns |
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| Having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture. Found in Medieval Europe. |
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| Residence outside cities, Rome. |
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| buildings erected as memorials to commemorate saints or sites of special importance to Christian Faith. |
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| A covered passageway with arches along one or both sides. |
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| Buildings erected to contain the tombs of important people. |
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| A balcony, esp. a platform or upper floor, projecting from the back or sidewall inside a church or hall, providing space for an audience or musicians. |
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| A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches. |
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| Church plan in the form of a Greek cross, with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. The Greek-cross plan was widely used in Byzantine architecture. |
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| The intersection of a church nave and the transepts |
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| An arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on dice or playing cards, and in planting trees |
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| A straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome. |
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| An arch whose span is at right angles to the length of a vaulted space. |
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| In architecture, a web of vertical bands or buttresses along the sides of a building. First used in churches in Lombardy (North Central Italy). A defining feature of the First Romanesque. |
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| The part of a cathedral or large church between the altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy |
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| In architecture, a cupola (pronounced ) is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. Found during Romanesque era |
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| Semi-circular panel created under the arch of a doorway (usually a tablet) |
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| The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stone-cutting. |
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| A small carved ornament, typically a bud or curled leaf, on the inclined side of a pinnacle or gable. Found in Gothic Architecture |
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| Period of French Architecture, marked by rose windows |
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| A vault in which curving ribs radiate upward like the ribs of a fan to form concave half cones that meet or nearly meet at the apex. |
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| The highest point (aka vertex) of a building |
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| A dome which rises from a square or rectangular base without the intervention of a drum, squinches or pendentives. Present during Gothic Architecture |
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| The part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen |
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| A journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance, during Romanesque era a route for vising various churches/etc. |
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