A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a rough
The Burj Khalifa holds the record of the tallest spire in the world, with the height of 244 m (801 ft)
Spire of Salisbury Cathedral (completed 1320), 123 m (404 ft)
Chartres Cathedral. The Flamboyant Gothic North Tower (finished 1513) (left) and Romanesque South Tower (1144–1150) (right)
Crown spire on the High Kirk, Edinburgh.
Rouen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It is famous for its three towers, each in a different style. The cathed
The west front as it may have appeared in the 12th century, according to Jean-Baptiste Foucher in 1906.
Cardinal Georges d'Amboise following Louis XII of France (1503)
Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the "Livre des Fontaines" by Jacques Le Lieur.