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The '''narthex''' is an entrance area to a [[church]], located at the western end of the [[nave]]. At the opposite (eastern) end of the nave is the [[altar]].
[[Image:ChoraChurchFloorplan 1912.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Floor plan of the [[Church of the Holy Saviour in the Country (Istanbul,Turkey)|Chôra church ]] in Istanbul showing a two part narthex.]]
The narthex may sometime consists of two parts, an '''exonarthex''' (outer narthex) that forms the outer entrance to the building and parallel to it another part called the '''esonarthex''' (inner narthex) that opens into the nave.
