What is the upper part of the nave?
What is the upper part of the nave? The nave wall is divided into three stages: the upper stage with windows is the clerestory, beneath it is the triforium, and the lowest stage is the arcade.
What is the top of a cathedral called?
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape.
What are the three parts of the nave elevation?
The nave elevation is composed of three parts: the nave arcade, the triforium (replacing the galleries), and the clerestory.