In architecture, a semicircular recess or chapel directly opposite the main apse of a church.
Counter- + apse (a semicircular vaulted area). Architectural terminology that literally places one apse against another across a structure.
Medieval churches sometimes had counterapses in their design—while most people focus on the main altar in front, there might be a matching architectural feature mirroring it on the opposite end.
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