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Separating arch
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<p>A separating arch is an <a href="/facts/Arch/t9L51pqn">arch</a>, which, as <a href="/facts/Arcade_(architecture)/owAIWILl">arcade</a>, separates the <a href="/facts/Nave/F1U8RApb">nave</a> of a church from the side aisle, or an arch between two adjacent side aisles. It is found mainly in <a href="/facts/Hall_church/Uht6tGAq">hall churches</a>. A separating arch can be replaced constructively or decoratively emphasised by a <a href="/facts/Rib_vault/gLsB0gnT">vault rib</a>. In this case one speaks - instead of an <i>arcade arch</i> - also of a <i>separating arch</i>. </p>