Arch, the Glossary
An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.[1]
Table of Contents
317 relations: Abacus (architecture), Abutment, Achaemenid Empire, Ajanta Caves, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Al-Ukhaidir Fortress, Alconétar Bridge, Alexander Thomson, American Journal of Archaeology, American Scientist, Ancient Egyptian architecture, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek architecture, Ancient Near East, Ancient Roman architecture, Ancient Rome, Anji Bridge, Anno Domini, Antoni Gaudí, Apex (geometry), Aqueduct of Segovia, Arabs, Arcade (architecture), Arch, Arch bridge, Arch dam, Arch of Augustus (Susa), Arch of Titus, Archaeological site of Sbeitla, Architectural style, Architecture of Mesopotamia, Architrave, Archivolt, Arkadiko Bridge, Ashkelon, Assyria, Auguste Mariette, Aztec architecture, Bagan, Bald arch, Barcelona, Baroque architecture, Barrel vault, Basilica of Saint-Denis, Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Basket-handle arch, Bay (architecture), Bayeux Cathedral, Beehive tomb, Bending moment, ... Expand index (267 more) »
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Abacus (architecture)
In architecture, an abacus (from the Ancient Greek,; or French,;: abacuses or abaci) is a flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, above the bell.
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Abutment
An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure. Arch and abutment are bridge components.
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district (a.k.a. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district) of Maharashtra state in India.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque (congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (المصلى القبلي), and also is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Al-Ukhaidir Fortress
The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidir (حصن الأخيضر) or Abbasid palace of Ukhaider is located roughly 50 km south of Karbala, Iraq.
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Alconétar Bridge
The Alconétar Bridge (Spanish: Puente de Alconétar), also known as Puente de Mantible, was a Roman segmental arch bridge in the Extremadura region, Spain.
Alexander Thomson
Alexander "Greek" Thomson (9 April 1817 – 22 March 1875) was an eminent Scottish architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable building.
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American Journal of Archaeology
The American Journal of Archaeology (AJA), the peer-reviewed journal of the Archaeological Institute of America, has been published since 1897 (continuing the American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts founded by the institute in 1885).
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American Scientist
American Scientist (informally abbreviated AmSci) is an American bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
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Ancient Egyptian architecture
Spanning over three thousand years, ancient Egypt was not one stable civilization but in constant change and upheaval, commonly split into periods by historians.
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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Ancient Greek architecture
Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC.
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Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran, and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Persia (Elam, Media, Parthia, and Persis), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands (Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region, Armenia, northwestern Iran, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan), the Levant (modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus) and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Ancient Roman architecture
Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Anji Bridge
The Anji Bridge is the world's oldest open-spandrel segmental arch bridge of stone construction.
Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism.
Apex (geometry)
In geometry, an apex (apices) is the vertex which is in some sense the "highest" of the figure to which it belongs.
Aqueduct of Segovia
The Aqueduct of Segovia is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.
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Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
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Arcade (architecture)
An arcade is a succession of contiguous arches, with each arch supported by a colonnade of columns or piers. Arch and arcade (architecture) are arches and vaults.
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Arch
An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it. Arch and arch are arch bridges, arches and vaults and bridge components.
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Arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch and arch bridge are arch bridges.
Arch dam
An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. Arch and arch dam are arches and vaults.
Arch of Augustus (Susa)
The Arch of Augustus is an important monument constructed in the city of Susa, Piedmont, in the province of Turin.
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Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus (Arco di Tito; Arcus Titi) is a 1st-century CE honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum.
Archaeological site of Sbeitla
The archaeological site of Sbeitla is an archaeological site in Sbeitla, in north-central Tunisia.
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Architectural style
An architectural style is a classification of buildings (and nonbuilding structures) based on a set of characteristics and features, including overall appearance, arrangement of the components, method of construction, building materials used, form, size, structural design, and regional character.
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Architecture of Mesopotamia
The architecture of Mesopotamia is ancient architecture of the region of the Tigris–Euphrates river system (also known as Mesopotamia), encompassing several distinct cultures and spanning a period from the 10th millennium BC (when the first permanent structures were built) to the 6th century BC.
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Architrave
In classical architecture, an architrave (also called an epistyle) is the lintel or beam, typically made of wood or stone, that rests on the capitals of columns.
Archivolt
An archivolt (or voussure) is an ornamental moulding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch. Arch and archivolt are arches and vaults.
Arkadiko Bridge
The Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge is a Mycenaean bridge near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros in Argolis on the Peloponnese, Greece.
Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (ʾAšqəlōn,; ʿAsqalān) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip.
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
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Auguste Mariette
François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (11 February 182118 January 1881) was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, the forerunner of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Aztec architecture
Aztec architecture is a late form of Mesoamerican architecture developed by the Aztec civilization.
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Bagan
Bagan (formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.
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Bald arch
A bald arch is an arch featuring decay on the crucial keystones in stone or masonry buildings. Arch and bald arch are arches and vaults.
Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe.
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Barrel vault
A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. Arch and barrel vault are arches and vaults.
Basilica of Saint-Denis
The Basilica of Saint-Denis (Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.
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Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ("Saint Apollinaris in Classe") is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna and Classe.
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Basket-handle arch
A basket-handle arch is an arch with the profile of its intrados (inner surface) formed by a sequence of circular arcs with neighboring ones being tangent to each other (smoothly transitioning), and the end ones tangent with supports. Arch and basket-handle arch are arch bridges.
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Bay (architecture)
In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. Arch and bay (architecture) are arches and vaults.
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Bayeux Cathedral
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France.
Beehive tomb
A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.
Bending moment
In solid mechanics, a bending moment is the reaction induced in a structural element when an external force or moment is applied to the element, causing the element to bend.
Beni Hasan
Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) (بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery.
Bhitargaon
Bhitargaon is a town, near city of Kanpur in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, known for its ancient Hindu temple, the largest Indian brick temple to survive from the time of the Gupta Empire.
Blind arch
A blind arch is an arch found in the wall of a building that has been infilled with solid construction and so cannot serve as a passageway, door or window. Arch and blind arch are arches and vaults.
Brick
A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
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Britannia Bridge
Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia) is a bridge in Wales that crosses the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and city of Bangor.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Buland Darwaza
Buland Darwaza, or the "Door of victory", was built in 1575 by Mughal emperor Akbar to commemorate his victory over Gujarat.
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.
Cambridge
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Canaan
Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 –; כְּנַעַן –, in pausa כְּנָעַן –; Χανααν –;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes.
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Capsizing
Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is rolled on its side or further by wave action, instability or wind force beyond the angle of positive static stability or it is upside down in the water.
Carolingian architecture
Carolingian architecture is the style of north European Pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance of the late 8th and 9th centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated west European politics.
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Castle Acre
Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Catenary
In physics and geometry, a catenary is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.
Cemetery H culture
The Cemetery H culture was a Bronze Age culture in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from about 1900 BCE until about 1300 BCE.
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Centring
Centring, centre, centering"Centering 2, Centring 2" def. Arch and Centring are arches and vaults.
Chedgrave
Chedgrave is a village and civil parish in English county of Norfolk.
Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester.
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Chinese architecture
Chinese architecture is the embodiment of an architectural style that has developed over millennia in China and has influenced architecture throughout East Asia.
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Chinese glazed roof tile
Glazed tiles have been used in China since the Tang dynasty as a material for roofs.
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Church architecture
Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc.
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Church of Colònia Güell
The Church of Colònia Güell (Cripta de la Colònia Güell) is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí.
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Circumference
In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferens, meaning "carrying around") is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse.
Cistern
A cistern is a space excavated in bedrock or soil designed for catching and storing water.
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Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey (formerly also Cluni or Clugny) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.
Colosseum
The Colosseum (Colosseo) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum.
Column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.
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Compression (physics)
In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.
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Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
Concrete frame
The most used material on this planet, concrete has been utilized since Egyptian and Roman times to create buildings like the Pantheon.
Cone
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
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Corbel
In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.
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Corbel arch
A corbel arch (or corbeled / corbelled arch) is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge. Arch and corbel arch are arches and vaults.
Counter-arch
Historically, the term counter-arch was used in architecture to describe multiple types of arches that provide opposing action. Arch and counter-arch are arches and vaults.
Course (architecture)
A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon (𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭, Tyspwn or Tysfwn; تیسفون; Κτησιφῶν,; ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified July 28, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/58.) was an ancient Mesopotamian city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about southeast of present-day Baghdad.
Cyclopean masonry
Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or no use of mortar.
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Dan (ancient city)
Dan (דן) is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan, its namesake.
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Dendera
Dendera (دَنْدَرة Dandarah; Τεντυρις or Τεντυρα; Bohairic translit; Sahidic translit), also spelled Denderah, ancient Iunet 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 “jwn.t”, Tentyris,(Arabic: Ewan-t إيوان-ة), or Tentyra is a small town and former bishopric in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river.
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Diani Beach
Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya.
Diaphragm arch
A diaphragm arch is a transverse wall-bearing arch forming a partial wall dividing a vault or a ceiling into compartments. Arch and diaphragm arch are arches and vaults.
Didyma
Didyma (Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia in the domain of the famous city of Miletus.
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Discharging arch
A discharging arch or relieving arch is an arch built over a lintel or architrave to take off the superincumbent weight. Arch and discharging arch are arches and vaults.
Diwan-i-Khas (Red Fort)
The Diwan-i-Khas (Persian: ديوان خاص), or Hall of Private Audiences, was a chamber in the Red Fort of Delhi built-in 1648 as a location for receptions.
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Djémila
Djémila (translit), formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found.
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Doge's Palace
The Doge's Palace (Doge pronounced; Palazzo Ducale; Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy.
Dome
A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. Arch and dome are arches and vaults.
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Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin (𒂦𒈗𒁺|translit.
Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England.
Early Christian art and architecture
Early Christian art and architecture (or Paleochristian art) is the art produced by Christians, or under Christian patronage, from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition, sometime between 260 and 525.
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Early Gothic architecture
Early Gothic is the term for the first period of Gothic architecture which lasted from about 1120 until about 1200.
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Elliptic curve
In mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective, algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point.
Engineered wood
Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, human-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding or fixing the strands, particles, fibres, or veneers or boards of wood, together with adhesives, or other methods of fixation to form composite material.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Equilateral triangle
In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length.
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Etruscan civilization
The Etruscan civilization was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states.
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Falerii Novi
Falerii Novi (English: New Falerii) was an ancient Roman walled town in the Tiber River valley, about north of Rome and west of Civita Castellana.
Flamboyant
Flamboyant is a lavishly-decorated style of Gothic architecture that appeared in France and Spain in the 15th century, and lasted until the mid-sixteenth century and the beginning of the Renaissance.
Flying arch
A flying arch is a form of arch bridge that does not carry any vertical load, but is provided solely to supply outward horizontal forces, to resist an inwards compression. Arch and flying arch are arches and vaults.
Flying buttress
The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs.
Four-centred arch
A four-centred arch (Commonwealth spelling) or four-centered arch (American spelling) is a low, wide type of arch with a pointed apex. Arch and four-centred arch are arches and vaults.
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Funicular curve
In architecture, the funicular curve (also funicular polygon, funicular shape, from the fūniculus, "of rope") is an approach used to design the compression-only structural forms (like masonry arches) using an equivalence between the rope with hanging weights and standing arch with its load.
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or simply Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.
Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Arch and Gateway Arch are arches and vaults.
Gavaksha
In Indian architecture, gavaksha or chandrashala (kudu in Tamil, also nāsī) are the terms most often used to describe the motif centred on an ogee, circular or horseshoe arch that decorates many examples of Indian rock-cut architecture and later Indian structural temples and other buildings.
Giovanni Poleni
Giovanni Poleni (23 August 1683 – 15 November 1761) was a Marquess, physicist, mathematician and antiquarian.
Glossary of architecture
This page is a glossary of architecture.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
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Granary
A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed.
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Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.
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Gupta era
The Gupta era is a historical calendar era that begins from –319 CE.
Haft Tepe
Haft Tepe (also Haft Tape) is an archaeological site situated in the Khuzestan Province in south-western Iran, about 15 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Susa.
Hall church
A hall church is a church with a nave and aisles of approximately equal height.
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
Harappan architecture
Harappan architecture is the architecture of the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilization, an ancient society of people who lived during c. 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE in the Indus Valley of modern-day Pakistan and India.
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Heinrich Hübsch
Heinrich Hübsch (9 February 1795 – 3 April 1863) was a German architect.
Helicoid
The helicoid, also known as helical surface, is a smooth surface embedded in three-dimensional space.
Hermann Volrath Hilprecht
Hermann Volrath Hilprecht (July 28, 1859 – March 19, 1925) was a German-American Assyriologist and archaeologist.
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Hindu architecture
Hindu architecture is the traditional system of Indian architecture for structures such as temples, monasteries, statues, homes, market places, gardens and town planning as described in Hindu texts.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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History of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
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History of Iran
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was commonly known in the Western world) is intertwined with that of Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning the area between Anatolia in the west and the Indus River and Syr Darya in the east, and between the Caucasus and Eurasian Steppe in the north and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the south.
Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.
Horseshoe arch
The horseshoe arch, also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is a type of arch in which the circular curve is continued below the horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span. Arch and horseshoe arch are arches and vaults.
Hydrostatics
Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and "the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body".
Hyperbolic functions
In mathematics, hyperbolic functions are analogues of the ordinary trigonometric functions, but defined using the hyperbola rather than the circle.
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Impost (architecture)
In architecture, an impost or impost block is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch.
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Indo-Islamic architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes.
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Insula (Roman city)
The Latin word insula (insulae) was used in Roman cities to mean either a city block in a city plan (i.e. a building area surrounded by four streets) or later a type of apartment building that occupied such a city block specifically in Rome and nearby Ostia.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
Interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).
Inverted arch
An inverted arch or invert is a civil engineering structure in the form of an inverted arch, inverted in comparison to the usual arch bridge. Arch and inverted arch are arches and vaults.
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Iwan
An iwan (ایوان,, also as ivan or ivān/īvān, إيوان) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open.
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J. Meade Falkner
John Meade Falkner (8 May 1858 – 22 July 1932) was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel Moonfleet.
Jack arch
A jack arch is a structural element in masonry construction that provides support at openings in the masonry. Arch and jack arch are arches and vaults.
Joggle (architecture)
A joggle is a joint or projection that interlocks blocks (such as a lintel's stone blocks or an arch's voussoirs).
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Karla Caves
The Karla Caves, Karli Caves, Karle Caves or Karla Cells, are a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut caves at Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra.
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
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Keystone (architecture)
A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. Arch and keystone (architecture) are arches and vaults.
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Khar Gerd
Khar Gerd (خرگرد) is a village in, and the capital of, Miyan Khaf Rural District of the Central District of Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
Kosambi
Kosambi (Pali) or Kaushambi (Sanskrit) was an ancient city in India, characterized by its importance as a trading center along the Ganges Plain and its status as the capital of the Vatsa Kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas.
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Layer Marney Tower
Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon.
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Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.
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Lintel
A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.
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List of pre-Columbian cultures
This is a list of pre-Columbian cultures.
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List of Roman domes
This is a list of Roman domes.
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Lomas Rishi Cave
The Lomas Rishi Cave, also called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi, is one of the man-made Barabar Caves in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Lothal
Lothal was one of the southernmost sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, located in the Bhal region of the Indian state of Gujarat.
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Madho Sarup Vats
Pandit Madho Sarup Vats (12 April 1896 – 7 December 1955) was an Indian archaeologist and Sanskrit scholar who served as the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1950 to 1954.
Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.
Masonry
Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.
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Maya architecture
The Mayan architecture of the Maya civilization spans across several thousands of years, several eras of political change, and architectural innovation before the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Maya civilization
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period.
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Medieval architecture
Medieval architecture was the art of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages.
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Monreale Cathedral
Monreale Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale) is a Catholic church in Monreale, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily.
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Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of.
Mortar (masonry)
Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls.
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt.
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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba), officially known by its ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia.
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Mudéjar art
Mudéjar art, or Mudéjar style, was a type of ornamentation and decoration used in the Iberian Christian kingdoms, primarily between the 13th and 16th centuries.
Mudbrick
Mudbrick or mud-brick, also known as unfired brick, is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of mud (containing loam, clay, sand and water) mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw.
Multifoil arch
A multifoil arch (or polyfoil arch), also known as a cusped arch, polylobed arch, or scalloped arch, is an arch characterized by multiple circular arcs or leaf shapes (called foils, lobes, or cusps) that are cut into its interior profile or intrados.
Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent
The Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place between the 13th and the 18th centuries.
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Mycenaean Greece
Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.
Narthex
The narthex is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or vestibule, located at the west end of the nave, opposite the church's main altar.
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Nave
The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. Arch and nave are arches and vaults.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.
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Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.
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Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Notices of the American Mathematical Society is the membership journal of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), published monthly except for the combined June/July issue.
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Nova (American TV program)
Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974.
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Ogee
An ogee is an object, element, or curve—often seen in architecture and building trades—that has a serpentine- or extended S-shape (sigmoid). Arch and ogee are arches and vaults.
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Order (mouldings)
An order refers to each of a series of mouldings most often found in Romanesque and Gothic arches. Arch and order (mouldings) are arches and vaults.
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Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica is an ancient Roman city and the port of Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Palacio de Torre Tagle
The Palacio de Torre Tagle is a building built during the colonial era of Peru that currently serves as the main headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
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Palau Güell
The Palau Güell (Güell Palace) is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888.
Palazzo Pitti
The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy.
Pantheon, Rome
The Pantheon (Pantheum,Although the spelling Pantheon is standard in English, only Pantheum is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, Natural History: "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". See also Oxford Latin Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheum"; Oxford English Dictionary, s.v.: "post-classical Latin pantheon a temple consecrated to all the gods (6th cent.; compare classical Latin pantheum)".
Parabola
In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped.
Parabolic arch
A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola. Arch and parabolic arch are arches and vaults.
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD.
Pediment
Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape.
Perpendicular Gothic
Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred arches, straight vertical and horizontal lines in the tracery, and regular arch-topped rectangular panelling.
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Pointed arch
A pointed arch, ogival arch, or Gothic arch is an arch with a pointed crown meet at an angle at the top of the arch. Arch and pointed arch are arches and vaults.
Pompeii
Pompeii was an ancient city in what is now the comune (municipality) of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.
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Pont du Gard
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes).
Ponte San Lorenzo
The Ponte San Lorenzo is a Roman bridge over the river Bacchiglione in Padua, Italy.
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Post and lintel
Post and lintel (also called prop and lintel, a trabeated system, or a trilithic system) is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them.
Pre-Romanesque art and architecture
Pre-Romanesque art and architecture is the period in European art from either, the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom in about 500 AD or from the Carolingian Renaissance in the late 8th century, to the beginning of the 11th century Romanesque period.
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Proscenium
A proscenium (προσκήνιον) is the metaphorical vertical plane of space in a theatre, usually surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch (whether or not truly "arched") and on the bottom by the stage floor itself, which serves as the frame into which the audience observes from a more or less unified angle the events taking place upon the stage during a theatrical performance.
Proverb
A proverb (from proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience.
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Pulpitum
The pulpitum is a common feature in medieval cathedral and monastic church architecture in Europe.
Pyramid of Djoser
The pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis.
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Pyu city-states
The Pyu city-states (ပျူ မြို့ပြ နိုင်ငံများ) were a group of city-states that existed from about the 2nd century BCE to the mid-11th century in present-day Upper Myanmar (Burma).
Que (tower)
The que is a freestanding, ceremonial gate tower in traditional Chinese architecture.
Rabbet
A rabbet (American English) or rebate (British English) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood.
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Rakhigarhi
Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site in the Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi.
Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses").
Ramla
Ramla or Ramle (רַמְלָה, Ramlā; الرملة, ar-Ramleh) is a city in the Central District of Israel.
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Rammed earth
Rammed earth is a technique for constructing foundations, floors, and walls using compacted natural raw materials such as earth, chalk, lime, or gravel.
Rebar
Rebar (short for reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or steel reinforcement, is a steel bar used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures to strengthen and aid the concrete under tension.
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Rectangular cuboid
A rectangular cuboid is a special case of a cuboid with rectangular faces in which all of its dihedral angles are right angles.
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Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
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The Rhodes Footbridge is an ancient Greek arch bridge in the city of Rhodes, Greece.
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Rib vault
A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs. Arch and rib vault are arches and vaults.
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson, (Hon. causa) (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives.
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Rock (geology)
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.
Roman aqueduct
The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns.
Roman bridge
The ancient Romans were the first civilization to build large, permanent bridges.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
Roman villa
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England.
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San Miniato al Monte
San Miniato al Monte (St. Minias on the Mountain) is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city.
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Santa Sabina
The Basilica of Saint Sabina (Basilica Sanctae Sabinae, Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino) is a historic church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy.
Saqqara
Saqqara (سقارة), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English, is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis.
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Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Sbeitla
Sbeitla (سبيطلة) is a small town in west-central Tunisia.
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Scaffolding
Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other human-made structures.
Scallop
Scallop is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Segmental arch
A segmental arch is a type of arch with a circular arc of less than 180 degrees. Arch and segmental arch are arches and vaults.
Semicircular arch
In architecture, a semicircular arch is an arch with an intrados (inner surface) shaped like a semicircle. Arch and semicircular arch are arches and vaults.
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Separating arch
A separating arch is an arch, which, as arcade, separates the nave of a church from the side aisle, or an arch between two adjacent side aisles.
Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao
Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao (1 July 1922 – 3 January 2013), commonly known as Dr.
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Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers.
Skew arch
A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a right angle. Arch and skew arch are arch bridges and bridge components.
Soffit
A soffit is an exterior or interior architectural feature, generally the horizontal, aloft underside of any construction element.
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Southern France
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, Le midi atlantique, Atlas et géographie de la France moderne, Flammarion, Paris, 1984.
Southwell Minster
Southwell Minster, strictly since 1884 Southwell Cathedral, and formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
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Span (engineering)
In engineering, span is the distance between two adjacent structural supports (e.g., two piers) of a structural member (e.g., a beam). Arch and span (engineering) are bridge components.
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Spandrel
A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame, between the tops of two adjacent arches, or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square.
Speyer Cathedral
Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Dom zu Unserer lieben Frau in Speyer) in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg.
Springer (architecture)
In architecture, a springer is the lowest voussoir (wedge-shaped structural element) on each side of an arch. Arch and springer (architecture) are arches and vaults.
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St John's Chapel, London
The Chapel of St John the Evangelist (St John's Chapel) is an 11th century Christian chapel of Norman architecture, in the White Tower of the Tower of London.
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St Mark's Basilica
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco; Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello.
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St Matthew's Church, Langford
The Parish Church of Saint Matthew, Langford is the Church of England parish church of Langford, a village in West Oxfordshire about northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.
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St Peter's Church, Walpole St Peter
St Peter's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, England.
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St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri; Basilica di San Pietro), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
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Stadium at Olympia
The stadium at the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece, is located to the east of the sanctuary of Zeus.
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Staircase
A stairwell or stair room is a room in a building where a stair is located, and is used to connect walkways between floors so that one can move in height.
Statically indeterminate
In statics and structural mechanics, a structure is statically indeterminate when the equilibrium equations force and moment equilibrium conditions are insufficient for determining the internal forces and reactions on that structure.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
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Steel frame
Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.
Strainer arch
A strainer arch is an internal structural arch built to relieve the inward pressure off the spanned vertical supports (providing a "buttress", thus also called buttressing arches), usually as an afterthought to prevent the supports from imploding due to miscalculation. Arch and strainer arch are arches and vaults.
Stress (mechanics)
In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that describes forces present during deformation.
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Structural analysis
Structural analysis is a branch of solid mechanics which uses simplified models for solids like bars, beams and shells for engineering decision making.
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Structural load
A structural load or structural action is a mechanical load (more generally a force) applied to structural elements.
Structure
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618.
Susa, Piedmont
Susa (Segusio, Suse, Suisa) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Taq Kasra
Tāq Kasrā (translit), also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra (طاق کسری, romanized: tâğe kasrâ) or Ayvān-e Kesrā (translit, meaning Iwan of Khosrow) are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon.
Tell Taya
Tell Taya is an archaeological site at a tell (hill city) in Nineveh Province (Iraq).
Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)
The Temple of Minerva Medica is a ruined nymphaeum of Imperial Rome which dates to the 4th century CE.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post.
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The Nebuly Coat
The Nebuly Coat is a suspense novel written by J. Meade Falkner.
Thermal expansion
Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).
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Third Dynasty of Egypt
The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty III) is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
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Through arch bridge
A through arch bridge, also known as a through-type arch bridge, is a bridge that is made from materials such as steel or reinforced concrete, in which the base of an arch structure is below the deck but the top rises above it. Arch and through arch bridge are arch bridges.
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Tie (engineering)
A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension.
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Timber framing
Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.
Trefoil arch
A trefoil arch, or three-foiled cusped arch (occasionally trilobite arch, no connection to an actual trilobite), is an arch incorporating the shape or outline of a trefoil – three overlapping circles. Arch and trefoil arch are arches and vaults.
Triangular arch
In architecture, a triangular arch typically defines an arch where the intrados (inner surface of an arch) consists of two straight segments formed by two stone slabs leaning against each other. Arch and triangular arch are arches and vaults.
Triumphal arch
A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, and usually standing alone, unconnected to other buildings.
Truss arch bridge
A truss arch bridge combines the elements of the truss bridge and the arch bridge.
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Tubular bridge
A tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box girder section within which the traffic is carried.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
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Tyne Bridge
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.
Ultimate tensile strength
Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.
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Umayyad architecture
Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine.
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Umayyad Mosque
The Umayyad Mosque (al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
Vault (architecture)
In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. Arch and vault (architecture) are arches and vaults.
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Venetian Gothic architecture
Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading network.
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Venice
Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
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Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
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Voussoir
A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, which is used in building an arch or vault. Arch and voussoir are arches and vaults.
War of Actium
The War of Actium (32–30 BC) was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony (assisted by Cleopatra and by extension Ptolemaic Egypt) and Octavian.
Weighted catenary
A weighted catenary (also flattened catenary, was defined by William Rankine as transformed catenary and thus sometimes called Rankine curve) is a catenary curve, but of a special form. Arch and weighted catenary are arches and vaults.
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Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle.
West Asia
West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.
Western Roman Empire
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court.
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White Mosque of Ramle
The White Mosque (al-Masjid al-Abyad; HaMisgad HaLavan) was an Umayyad-era mosque located in Ramle, Israel.
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Wrought iron
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).
York Minster
York Minster, formally the "Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York", is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
2nd millennium BC
The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC.
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3rd millennium BC
The 3rd millennium BC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC.
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4th millennium BC
The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC.
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See also
Bridge components
- Abutment
- Arch
- Beam (structure)
- Bent (structural)
- Bridge bearing
- Bridge tender's house
- Cantilever
- Counterweight
- Deck (bridge)
- Elastomeric bridge bearing
- Flood arch
- Foundation (engineering)
- Girder
- Guard rail
- Parapet
- Pier (architecture)
- Skew arch
- Slide plate
- Span (engineering)
- Starling (structure)
- Superstructure
- Trunnion
- Truss
- Wing wall
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch
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