The church as it appears today. The foundation stones of the abbey buildings clearly show the extent of the
original
Bélapátfalva Cistercian abbey. The use of each of these abbey
buildings has been deduced.
János sent a lot more information on the church and abbey.
The
ground-plan of the church and abbey, with rooms identified, is shown below.
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The colors were determined by stone inventory limitations. A few Anchor
friends prefer to build with KK stones, but the KK stone selection is smaller
than GK.
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The ground plan is clear in this picture.
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The interior (pier) arches are a key feature of Romanesque church.
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After the roofing of the side naves, there is an interior arched section, the
triforum.
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Above the triforum is the clerestory.
Early Romanesque churches constructed by following basic rules-of-thumb. Examples: the
ratio of the heights of the nave sections was 3 (pier arch), 1 (triforum), 2
(clerestory). The width of the nave was 1(side nave), 2 (central nave), 1
(side nave). Put these guidelines together and the slope of the roofs of
the side naves was 45°. The "1" was the length of the builder's "rod" (Rute
in German; Roede in Dutch). The length of the "rod" varied, as it was
determined by the length of wood available for beams. (Today the "rod" is
16.5 feet or 5 meters. The "rod" has been
as short as 2.2 meters and as long as 6.5 meters.) Beams two rods long
had to be available to support the roof of the nave. Remember, at this
time, there were no engineering drawings; builders followed traditional, proven
dimensions.
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Roofed. Wood, not stone, in the 13th century.
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For example: 9 is the spring or well house.
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