Hall church

A hall church is a church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof. The term was first coined in the mid-19th century by the pioneering German art historian Wilhelm Lübke. In contrast to a traditional basilica, which lets in light through a clerestory in the upper part of the nave, a hall church is lit through windowed side walls typically spanning the full height of the interior. * Romanesque hall church St-Hilaire in Melle, Deux-Sèvres, western France * St-Lambert's in Münster, Westphalia * * St-Wolfgang's in Schneeberg, Saxony * * * *

Hall church

A hall church is a church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof. The term was first coined in the mid-19th century by the pioneering German art historian Wilhelm Lübke. In contrast to a traditional basilica, which lets in light through a clerestory in the upper part of the nave, a hall church is lit through windowed side walls typically spanning the full height of the interior. * Romanesque hall church St-Hilaire in Melle, Deux-Sèvres, western France * St-Lambert's in Münster, Westphalia * * St-Wolfgang's in Schneeberg, Saxony * * * *