TIBURIO. – This is the name given to a polygonal, segmental covering, externally faced with masonry that supports a pyramidal roof.
Very frequent in the architecture of the Romanesque period, especially in Lombardy, at the intersection of the two naves, it sometimes assumed, as in the churches of the Benedictines and Cistercians, by virtue of its great height, the character of a true bell tower. T. often appear in architecture of Gothic taste, and also during the Renaissance, especially in Lombard buildings of Bramantesque character (v. CUPOLA; TAMBURO).