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Ambulatory

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A passageway that runs around the apse of Chartres Cathedral, allowing pilgrims to circulate and view radiating chapels and reliquaries.

AP course connection

Topic 3.4: 3.4 Purpose and Audience in Early European and Colonial American Art

Unit 3

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