Semi-dome
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thumb|257x257px|Typical Early Christian/Byzantine apse with a hemispherical semi-dome decorated in [[mosaic (Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe in Ravenna)]] In architecture, a semi-dome (or half-dome) is a half dome that covers a semi-circular area in a building.
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thumb|257x257px|Typical Early Christian/Byzantine apse with a hemispherical semi-dome decorated in [[mosaic (Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe in Ravenna)]] In architecture, a semi-dome (or half-dome) is a half dome that covers a semi-circular area in a building.
==Architecture== Semi-domes are a common feature of apses in Ancient Roman and traditional church architecture, and in mosques and iwans in Islamic architecture.
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