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

In Amatrice, known as the town of “100 churches,” at least 15 were destroyed — including Sant’Agostino, a 15th-century structure decorated with elaborate frescoes and a rose window on its facade.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2016

The tracery of the rose window for the front of the cathedral was carefully cut according to the plans.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay