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Like most Gothic cathedrals, Rouen Cathedral in Normandy, France was constructed using rib vaults, visible here above the nave of the church. This diagonal framework, a change from the rounded barrel vaults common to Romanesque architecture, enabled the construction of taller and thinner buildings. Though this technique had been used in earlier architectural styles, Gothic architecture is especially known for its use of rib vaults.
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