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[[File:Lightmatter Sistine Chapel ceiling.jpg|thumb|[[Sistine Chapel]] ceiling tells the story of creation]]
A '''ceiling''' is the [[surface]] that covers the upper limit of a [[room]]. It is not generally considered a [[Structural engineering|structural]] element, as it does not hold anything up. It simply conceals the underside of the [[floor]] or [[roof]] above it.

There are many different types of ceilings in [[architecture]]. In religious buildings, the ceilings are often decorated with [[fresco]]s, [[mosaic]] [[tile]]s and other surface treatments. Perhaps the most famous example is the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]], painted by [[Michelangelo]].

== Ceiling Media ==
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File:California Mid-Century Modern Home with open-beam ceiling 1960.jpg|[[California]] [[tract housing|tract home]] with an open-beam ceiling, 1960

File:Ceiling of Dayuan Renshou Temple-05.2024-06-11.jpg|Traditional Chinese ceiling of Dayuan Renshou Temple at [[Taoyuan, Taiwan]]

File:Suspended-ceiling-0a.jpg|Suspended (aka dropped) ceiling.

File:Torun Kopernika 21 pietro strop (2).jpg|Toruń, Kopernika 21 Str., wooden beam ceiling on the 1st floor
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== Related pages ==
* [[Hammerbeam roof]]
== Other websites ==
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Basilica/en/construction/ceiling_construction.html Virtual Museum treatise on ceiling construction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916224014/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Basilica/en/construction/ceiling_construction.html |date=2011-09-16 }}

[[Category:Architectural elements]]

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