A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie, Spanish. bóveda) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof.
Images for kids
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Top of the rib-vaulted ceiling over the nave of Salisbury Cathedral
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Assyrian bas-relief from Nimrud showing domed structures in the background
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The rib vault of Reims Cathedral, France
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Rib vault of church Sint-Niklaaskerk in Ghent, Belgium
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Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England
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Section through the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
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Nave of Lisbon Cathedral with a barrel vaulted soffit. Note the absence of clerestory windows, all of the light being provided by the rose window at one end of the vault.

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