rose window

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Zamacona grills hand-cut steaks Santa Maria-style over a red-oak live fire, from behind stained-glass rose window panels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.

From Reuters • May 4, 2022

People were also cheered to learn that crosses, a crown of thorns and the famous rose window also survived the flames.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2019

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 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