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voltati a stella leccese

English translation: Lecce-type lierne/stellar/star vaulted

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Italian term or phrase:voltati a stella leccese
English translation:Lecce-type lierne/stellar/star vaulted
Entered by: achisholm

18:55 Mar 18, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / PROPERTY
Italian term or phrase: voltati a stella leccese
description of a property:

"• due vani voltati a stella leccese di mq 41 e mq 44 circa"
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:08
Lecce-type lierne/stellar/star vault
Explanation:
Volta a stella is a "lierne/stellar/star vault"
Here it is presumably in the Lecce style ...

Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe type of vault that utilizes liernes is called a lierne vault or stellar vault (named after the star shape generated by connecting liernes). ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lierne_(vault)
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Angela Arnone
Local time: 04:08
Grading comment
Many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Lecce-type lierne/stellar/star vault
Angela Arnone


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Lecce-type lierne/stellar/star vault


Explanation:
Volta a stella is a "lierne/stellar/star vault"
Here it is presumably in the Lecce style ...

Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe type of vault that utilizes liernes is called a lierne vault or stellar vault (named after the star shape generated by connecting liernes). ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lierne_(vault)


Angela Arnone
Local time: 04:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 144
Grading comment
Many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): yes: "Lecce star vault" or "Lecce stellar vault" or "Leccese vault"
36 mins
  -> Yup, I prefer star vault myself, but the lierne is an alternative. Hi Jim!
agree  Luisa Fiorini
36 mins
  -> Ciao Luisa
agree  Umberto Cassano
1 hr
agree  silvia b (X)
13 hrs
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