Kokoshniks (gables)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > architectural elements > <structural elements and structural element components> > structural elements > enclosing structural elements > <walls and wall components> > wall components > <wall components by form or function> > <gables and gable components> > gables (architectural elements)
Descripción
Pointed arches located at the culmination of a wall in Russian church architecture. They differ from "zakomaras" in having a a purely decorative rather than a structural purpose.
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Otros términos
- kokoshnik (gables) [en]
- kokoshnik gables [en]
- kokoshniki (gables) [ru]
- kokošnik [en]
- kokošnik (gables) [ru]