Vocabulary Architectural Features

curved structure with straight sides, often supporting a bridge or the roof of a large building

• Spire

• Arch

• Facade

• Column

tall, pointed tower on the top of a church

• Spire

• Arch

• Facade

• Column

tall, solid vertical post made of stone, supporting or decorating a building or standing alone

• Spire

• Arch

• Facade

• Column

the front wall of a large building that you see from the outside

• Minaret

• Arch

• Facade

• Some

tall, narrow building, or part of a building, either square or round

• Portal

• Minaret

• Tower

• Arch

decorated roof made from a series of arches joined together

• vaulted ceiling

• Portal

• Obelisk

• Minaret

tall, thin tower, usually forming part of a mosque

• vaulted ceiling

• Portal

• Obelisk

• Minaret

a large impressive door or entrance

• vaulted ceiling

• Portal

• Obelisk

• Minaret

round roof on a building

• vaulted ceiling

• Dome

• Obelisk

• Minaret

a tall pointed stone column with four sides, put up in memory of a person or an event

• vaulted ceiling

• Dome

• Obelisk

• Minaret