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Matroneum logo #10101) Architectural element
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Matroneum

Matroneum logo #21000 A matroneum (earlier also matronaeum; plural: matronea or matronaea) in architecture is a gallery on the interior of a building, originally intended to accommodate women (whence the derivation from `matron`). In medieval churches matronea lost their function of accommodation and became purely architectonic elements, placed over the side aisles w.....
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