Skylight

This article is about roof windows. For other uses, see Skylight (disambiguation).
Skylight in the rotunda of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.
Oculus of the Pantheon, Rome, an open skylight.
Skylight in the vault in the Chapel of the Constable of the Burgos Cathedral, a glazed closed skylight from the 15th century

A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass,[1] that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes.

  1. ^ Skylight at the Encyclopædia Britannica