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Dome

Any roof structure that is curved and spans an ultimately circular base. Squinches and pendentives are used to provide a circular base on a square or rectilinear tower. See also cupola.

   
 
Brunelleschi - Duomo - Florence - Italy
   
St. Martins - Tours - France
 
       
 
Saints Ambrosio and Carlo - Rome - Italy
 
Oval - St. Peter's - Rome - Italy
 
Ravenna Cathedral - Ravenna - Italy - ( 17th c.)
 
       
 
Radial - Male - Maldives
 
Inside Dome - Reales - Seville - Spain
 
Galleria - Milan - Italy
 
       
 
Les Invalides - Paris - France
 
Geode - Paris - France
 
Opera - Paris - France
 
       
 
Onion - Brighton - England
 
London - England
 
Onion - Geneva - Switzerland