cupola
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thumb|upright=1.6|Cupolas on the towers of Montefiascone Cathedral, Italy
In architecture, a cupola ( ) is a relatively small, usually dome-like structure on top of a building often crowning a larger roof or dome. Cupolas often serve as a roof lantern to admit light and air or as a lookout.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cupola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.