What does Romanesque architecture mean?
• ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE (noun) The noun ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE has 1 sense: 1. a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades Familiarity information: ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE used as a noun is very rare.