apse - noun - a projecting part of a building (as a church) that is usually semicircular in plan and vaulted.
Apse is NOT a groupe of Apes! Just thought I'd point that out. Anyway, this architecutral structure was a common method of holding up the roof on the end of a building, or, less frequently, both ends. The fetish with round vaulted roof structures was more one of function, the vaults all supported each other, and the roundness created a feeling of being open. They also let in more light more uniformly than the vaults down the length of the aisle of the building.
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