Cross-in-square

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

A cross-in-square, crossed-dome, tetrastyle, or quincunx floor plan was the dominant form of church architecture in the middle and late Byzantine Empire. It featured a square centre with an internal structure shaped like a cross, topped by a dome.

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Image: Vi Ko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.