Flying buttress
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The flying buttress is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that pus
Arching above a side aisle roof, flying buttresses support the main vault of St. Mary's Church, in Lübeck, Germany.
The 4th-century Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki, Greece, showing an early example of flying buttresses
Flying buttress of Reims Cathedral, as drawn by Villard de Honnecourt
Architectural drawing of a Neo-Gothic flying buttress for the late 19th-century Votive Church, in Vienna
Buttress
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A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of pr
Flying buttress
…The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push…
Buttresses of Miag-ao Church, Philippines
A buttress and a flying buttress, mostly concealed, supporting walls at the Palace of Westminster
Buttress at Our Saviour's Chapel, Żejtun, Malta
Façade buttresses at Milan Cathedral, Italy