Vaulting facts for kids

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Vaulting might mean:

Pole vault, a sport where people use a long stick (the "pole") to jump over another stick
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Images for kids

Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted
In a pitched-brick vault the bricks lean (are pitched) against an existing wall.
St Paul's Cathedral Choir looking east, London
Top of the rib-vaulted ceiling over the nave of Salisbury Cathedral
Vaults and dome of the Gol Gumbaz
Neobyzantine vaults in Saint Sava. The vaults, 37.7 m high and 24 m wide are designed as concrete boxes. They were prefabricated and lifted with chains to their shown positions.
Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris
Assyrian bas-relief from Nimrud showing domed structures in the background
A groin vault viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'
Plan of a groin vault from above showing resultant outward thrust
The rib vault of Reims Cathedral, France
Rib vault of church Sint-Niklaaskerk in Ghent, Belgium
Rib-vault ceiling, with Lierne ribs, of the Liebfrauenkirche, Mühlacker 1482
Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Section through the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Neo-Byzantine vaults in portal of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, France
The dome of the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus
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.

See also

In Spanish: Bóveda para niños

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