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==Examples== [[File:Abbatia CIST Sbernadiensis 36.JPG|thumb|Chapter House of [[Bornem Abbey]], with the Throne of the Abbot.]] [[File:Southwell Chapter House2.jpg|thumb|The Chapterhouse at [[Southwell Minster]], [[Nottinghamshire]]]] Important examples of chapter houses from an architectural or artistic point of view can be seen at: *[[Monastery of Santa María de Sigena]], Spain, whose very important Romanesque frescos are now in the [[Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya]] in [[Barcelona]] *[[Elgin Cathedral]] - octagonal, unusually for Scotland *[[Cistercians Abbey in Wąchock|Wąchock Abbey]], Romanesque in Poland *[[Westminster Abbey#Chapter house and Pyx Chamber|Westminster Abbey]] *[[Canterbury Cathedral]] rectangular chapter house *[[Wells Cathedral]] palm tree like central pillar carrying 32 lierne ribs that form the inner part of the vault *[[Exeter Cathedral]] *[[Lincoln Cathedral]] the earliest English octagonal annex *[[Salisbury Cathedral]] *[[Southwell Minster]], with famous carved capitals *[[York Minster]] octagonal Late Gothic *[[Fontevraud Abbey]], France, a [[Plantagenet]] base, large and low-vaulted *The "Spanish Chapel" at the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[Basilica of Santa Maria Novella]] in Florence, with important frescos *[[Alcobaça Monastery#Chapter House|Alcobaça Monastery]] Romanesque, in central Portugal *[[Batalha Monastery#Chapterhouse|Batalha Monastery]] Late Gothic with Manueline elements, in central Portugal *[[Convent of Christ|Convent of the Order of Christ in Tomar]] *The [[Pazzi Chapel]] at the [[Franciscan]] [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]], a key building in Early [[Renaissance architecture]] *[[Toledo Cathedral]], 16th century and later, with important frescos Non-religious use of the circular chapter house style of plan: *[[Library of Parliament]], [[Parliament of Canada]]
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