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Cross-Shaped Nave
All Gothic churches had a nave shaped like a giant cross. There were usually what were called "Rose Windows" at the ends of the travercepts and at the main entrence. These Rose Windows were round and usually depiced multiple scenes.
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Towers,Spires, and Domes
Most early Gothic-Renessance churches fetured two bell towers at the foot of the "cross" floor plan. Thee bell towers were usually equal hight and width. At the center of the nave, where the two arms of the cross meet, there is either a dome or a spire. The dome/spire was almost always taller than the bell towers. Domes tend to be in churches built near the end of the rennasance period, while the spires came later on.
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