Italy (Lucera, Apulia)

The Apulian Gothic Rose Window: Exterior Wheel Window of the Church of San Francesco at Lucera (14th Century)

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Created during the Italian Gothic period, specifically dated to c. 1300–1315 (built during the Angevine expansion in southern Italy under the patronage of King Charles II of Naples and local Franciscan friars).

Architecturally, it serves as the principal west-façade wheel window designed to illuminate the single-nave interior while symbolizing the sun of righteousness, the cosmos, and Franciscan spiritual harmony.