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romanesque
noun(ro-man-esque)
a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
Synonyms: romanesque architecture,

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