Parapet
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A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word derives from the Italian parapetto. Where extending above a r
The crenellated parapet on a bastion of Kyrenia Castle, Cyprus
A parapet surrounds a New York City rooftop, shielding the HVAC and water tank and supporting the glass guardrails.
Elaborate parapets flank the roof of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
A modern parapet with integrated lighting functions as a guard rail along the BP Pedestrian Bridge in Chicago
Battlement
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A battlement, in defensive architecture such as city walls and castles, is a parapet—a low protective wall between chest and head height—in which regularly spaced gaps or indentations, usually rectang
Parapet
…primarily used as guard rails, to conceal rooftop equipment, reduce wind loads on the roof, and to prevent the spread of fires. Parapets may be plain, embattled, perforated or panelled, which are not mutually exclusive terms. Plain parapets are upward extensions of the wall, sometimes with a coping at the top…
Battlements on the Great Wall of China
Decorative battlements at Persepolis
Drawing of battlements on a tower
9th-century BC Assyrian relief depicting an attack on a walled town whose zig-zag-shaped battlements are clearly visible