aisle, navata laterale

arch, arco

column, colonna

façade, facciata

fan vault, volta a ventaglio

nave, navata centrale

pier, pilastro

pinnacle, pinnacolo

relief, rilievo

ribbed vault, volta con nervature

spire, guglia

steeple, campanile o guglia di torre

1- it was at the end of the 12th century.

2- it is called 'cathedral' when it contains a cathedra, a throne.

3- they were used timber, stone, marble and glass.

6- verticality of proportion, massive pinnacles, slender, continuous piers, huge windows.

7- high towers and pinnacles symbolize the tension to God.

8- In stained glass windows there were rappresented incidents of the life of Jesus or ofone of the Saints. They were made with glass of intense colours and all the images are mainly vertical, all the characteristics remind the tension to God.