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Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages
![Plan of a typical Western basilican church](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/34738/full/i2nlvzzzrym46w6h2laz.jpg)
Plan of a typical Western basilican church
The arrow at the left marks the entrance to the church. Main seating for worshipers is located in the nave, while the aisles were originally used to accommodate large crowds on feast days. As churches began collecting relics (housed in the chapels), which attracted pilgrims, churches added the ambulatory, which connects the aisles to the chapels behind the choir, where clergy members perform their rituals.
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