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Clerestory

Any row of windows that is above eye level and allows light into a room. This is also the term for the upper level of Gothic cathedrals above the triforium.

    
 
St. Denis - Paris - France (1122)
      
Hagia Sophia - Istanbul - Turkey (537)
  
       
 
Sant' Apollinare in Classe - Ravenna - Italy - (5th c.)
  
St. Peter's - Rome - Italy
  
Siena Cathedral - Italy
 
       
 
Granada Cathedral - Spain - (1523)
  
Palace - Fes - Morocco (17th c)
  
St. Peter's Cathedral - Geneva - Switzerland