Spire
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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.
Strasbourg Cathedral
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Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg, also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Although considerable parts of it are still in
Western facade, viewed from Place de la Cathédrale
Plan of cathedral – different colors indicate dates of construction
The Romanesque chevet of the cathedral, seen in 1671
Vaults of the crypt