Batter (walls)
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In architecture, batter is the receding slope of a wall, structure, or earthwork, the opposite of an overhang. When used in fortifications it may be called a talus.
Tomb of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (d. 1325), Delhi, with a batter of 25°.
A batter frame is used to guide the construction of a battered dry stone wall.
Ancient Egyptian pylons were often battered.
The Krak des Chevaliers in Syria, with a tall and clearly defined talus
Cristo Rey Church
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Cristo Rey Church is a Roman Catholic parish church on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of the most notable buildings designed by influential Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem and is clai
The church in 2015