Barrel vault
A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is a type of ceiling. It is an architectural element formed by the extension of a simple arch.[1] It forms the shape of a semicircle over parallel walls.[1]
Barrel Vault Media
Coffered ceiling of the barrel-vaulted nave in the Temple of Jupiter at Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia. Built early 4th century.
Nave of Lisbon Cathedral with a barrel-vaulted soffit, no clerestory windows and a rose window at one end
Roman barrel vault at the villa rustica Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.
Pointed barrel vault showing direction of lateral forces.
Barrel vault in a mausoleum at the Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The great archway of the entrance to the palace of Ardeshir I
Barrel vault in the early 20th century main post office of Toledo, Ohio
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