Hall church
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A hall church is a church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof.
In contrast to a traditional basilica, which lets in light through a clerestory in the upper part of the nave, a hall church is lit through windowed side walls typically spanning the full height of the interior.
This form of church construction reached its height in the late Gothic period, especially in German Sondergotik.
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