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Pendentive When a square space is vaulted to provide a circular space for a dome the resulting curved triangular supports are called pendentives. This is most common in Byzantine architecture. |
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Hagia
Sophia - Istanbul - Turkey (537)
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Blue
Mosque - Istanbul - Turkey
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St.
Peter's - Rome - Italy
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Santa
Maria di Collemaggio - L'Aquila - Italy (1294)
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Ravenna
Cathedral - Italy
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San
Marco - Venice - Italy (1094)
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Santa
Maria delle Gracie - Milan - Italy - (15th c.)
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Hospital
de la Santa Creu - Barcelona - Spain
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