The current cathedral has a remarkable polygonal apse.

Central apse with dinner of Herod Antipas and statue of Charlemagne

In 1202, the ancient semicircular apse was replaced with today’s rectangular “scarsella,” the small rectangular apsis that protrudes from the western facade.

The churches are single-apsed, with a wide altar apse and internal niches that serve as prothesis and diaconicon.

The parish church, quite renovated, retains covers of the sixteenth century.

Grand-Bourg, Church of the Immaculate Conception, chevet in apse

The chevet consists of a single semicircular apse.

Romanesque abside in the Magdalena church in Tarazona

Viewed from the side, this part of the flank has a triangular appearance.

The chevet is composed of a single semicircular apse.

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The Henry VII chapel, in an apse, is particularly fine.

A glazed roof structure comprising a ridge assembly and one or more bell end assemblies.

The, or each, bell end assembly comprises a spider plate (18) of part-circular shape having a flat surface An upright member (25) provided on the flat side of the spider plate.

It consisted of a single large nave and a sacristy.