Church- edifice for public Christian worship, distinguished from a chapel or oratory.

Types of churches

1. linear platform

a) basilica

b) aisle-less church (Romanesque church with  integrated apse developed from the early medieval house church)

c) hall church

d) church with raised nave and lower side aisles

2. central platform

a) circular  layout

b) four-sided layout (Greek cross-shape of cross where the arms are equal lenght. This shape is used ad the basic form of Byzantine and some Renaissance church-plans)

c) polygonal layout

Basilica, building type with a clearstoreyed nave, two or more lower lean-to aisles on each side of the nave, and an apse at the end of the nave, originaly for public functions, but later adapted  for Christian worship. Example: Constantinian basilica of San Pietro in Rome , which was the model for Christian churches for centuries.  Latter, to this composition of San Pietro church was adjoined  two aisles on each side of the nave, and a lateral transept between the apse and the nave; nartex is also adjoin in front of the nave and aisles, and atrium with a central fountain for ritual washing. Attached to the south transept were teo mausolea , both rotundas.

Rotunda is a building shaped like a cylinder both inside and outside, especially one covered with a dome (Pantheon in Rome). It may have a peristyle around the exterior, or within it, or both inside and outside.

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