rose window
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For years, nobody has been allowed to peek behind the ornate stone walls and intricate rose window of the Catholic Apostolic Church in Albury.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Rowan LeCompte, a Baltimore-born artisan, created more than three dozen windows for the cathedral, including the west rose window, which depicts the creation of Earth as an explosive abstraction of color and light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.
From Reuters ● May 4, 2022
The older building, with its giant rose window, arched entrance and robust dome, harks back to the Pantheon in Rome, and is more obviously religious or sacred in its architectural profile.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
