thumb|right|250px|Casa dos Patudos '''Monofora''' is a type of the single-light window, usually narrow, crowned by an arch, and decorated by small columns or pilasters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oppenheimer |first1=Michael |title=The Monuments of Italy: Central Italy (pt.1) : the regions of Toscana and Umbria |date=2002 |publisher=Tauris |isbn=9781860645709 |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gp1GAQAAIAAJ&q=monofora+window |accessdate=24 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Overview== The term usually refers to a certain type of window designed during the Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance periods, and also during the nineteenth-century Eclecticism in architecture.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oppenheimer |first1=Michael |title=The monuments of Italy: a regional survey of art, architecture and archaeology from classical to modern times |date=2002 |publisher=Tauris |isbn=9781860645709 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqhGAQAAIAAJ&q=monofora+window |accessdate=24 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In other cases, the term may mean an arched window with a single opening.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:DetalleVentanaSantaLucia LaRebolleda 002.JPG|Windows detail in the shrine of Saint Lucia in La Rebolleda (Burgos, Spain). File:Francesco Brescia retro3.JPG|Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi a Brescia. File:Sjogestakyrka window1.jpg|Sjögestads kyrka File:IMG 5224 - Milano - P.zza Missori - S. Giovanni in Conca - Monofora - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 17-Feb-2007.jpg|Monofora window in Piazza Missori in Milan </gallery>
==See also== *Lancet window *Bifora *Trifora *Quadrifora *Polifora
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book|first1=Guillermo|last1= Fatás Cabeza |first2=Gonzalo |last2=Borrás |year=1993|title= Diccionario de Términos de Arte |publisher=Alianza Editorial Ediciones del Prado|language=es|place= Madrid|isbn =84-7838-388-3|page= 165}}
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