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Located in a panoramic point of Villa d’Este, the Grotto of Diana, the goddess huntress symbolizing virtue, is a cruciform plan nymphaeum located in the Cardinal’s Walk and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paolo Calandrino.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
Leigh’s version employs a cruciform bust of a woman instead.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Access to it is granted by a cruciform key, in two sections; collect the pair, slot ’em together, and the Entity lies within your grasp.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
The thruster pods of the Event Horizon are the towers of Notre-Dame cathedral turned on their side, and the cruciform shape of the Event Horizon itself is the cruciform shape of Notre-Dame cathedral from plan elongated a little bit.
—Vulture, 18 Aug. 2022
AllSource Analysis describes the submarine as 360 feet long with cruciform tail fins and control vanes on the sail.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2022
Built in 1946, Kaufmann House is 3,200 square feet and is cruciform in shape, anchored in the center by the living and dining rooms.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2020
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
Leigh’s version employs a cruciform bust of a woman instead.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Access to it is granted by a cruciform key, in two sections; collect the pair, slot ’em together, and the Entity lies within your grasp.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
The thruster pods of the Event Horizon are the towers of Notre-Dame cathedral turned on their side, and the cruciform shape of the Event Horizon itself is the cruciform shape of Notre-Dame cathedral from plan elongated a little bit.
—Vulture, 18 Aug. 2022
AllSource Analysis describes the submarine as 360 feet long with cruciform tail fins and control vanes on the sail.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2022
Built in 1946, Kaufmann House is 3,200 square feet and is cruciform in shape, anchored in the center by the living and dining rooms.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2020
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“Cruciform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruciform. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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