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Noun: Romanesque  ,row-mu'nesk
  1. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
    - Romanesque architecture

Type of: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture

Encyclopedia: Romanesque

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