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The reception area and a wine bar occupy the original nave and apse of the church, while a superb open-walled breakfast room and library fill an upstairs mezzanine.
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There’s even a sort of font near the apse/prow of the gallery: a circular pool of clear oil in which hundreds of tiny steel bearings are gently nudged into geometries by a magnet circling beneath the surface.
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The officials also inaugurated the Mosaic of the Transfiguration situated in the eastern apse of the monastery’s great basilica.
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The officials also inaugurated the Mosaic of the Transfiguration situated in the eastern apse of the monastery’s great basilica.
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Behind the apse, in the monsignor’s private apartments, Dom Pérignon 2006 was poured for the ladies in glittering gowns and men in floaty silk caftans and shiny Alta Sartoria suits adorned with diamond brooches.
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The most striking addition was the gold mosaic of Venetian glass in the apse wall depicting a stylized, youthful Christ figure.
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Alessandro Cortini’s horror drones made sense in the apse, especially when heard while seated atop it; almost every inch of Arcosanti was available to explore, including the tops of buildings.
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Origin and Etymology of apse
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Definition of apse for English Language Learners
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: a part of a church that is shaped like a half circle and that is usually at the east end of the building
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