Gothic cathedral![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The architectural style of the medieval cathedral (12th century to the Renaissance) is characterized mainly by its ribbed, ogival vaults.
Lady chapel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Chapel located beyond the walls at the back of the cathedral, in the axis of the nave.
choir ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area just beyond the transept where the clergy stand during the liturgy.
apsidiole ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Small lateral chapel arranged in a semicircle behind the choir surrounding the apse.
pillar ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Column designed to support a masonry structure.
arcade ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Passageway created by resting an arch on two posts.
crossing ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area located at the crossing of the transept and the nave of the cathedral.
buttress ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Masonry structure that supports a load-bearing wall.
side chapel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Chapel adjacent to the nave.
abutment ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Masonry structure on which a flying buttress rests to transfer the weight of the vault.
pinnacle ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Pyramidal or conical crown on an abutment.
flying buttress ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Masonry structure in the shape of a partial arch; it supports a wall by transferring the pressure of the vaults onto an abutment.
tower ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Elevated construction harboring the bell tower.
belfry ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Small steeplelike ornament in the shape of a pyramid; it is found on the corners of the transept or on each side of the façade.
transept spire ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tapering part in the shape of a pyramid that surmounts the tower located at the transept crossing.