Pseudobasilica Church

The type of church in which the central nave is higher than the aisles, but unlike the basilica, the church does not have windows in the walls of the nave above the rows of supports. The central nave is indirectly illuminated, with windows placed in the side aisles. Possible ways to overlay the pseudobasilica church is one common roof over three naves or a gable roof over the central nave and mono-pitched roofs over aisles.

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