flying buttress

Behind the Bastille there were twenty hovels clustered round the curious sculptures of the Croix-Faubin and the flying buttresses of the Abbey of Saint- Antoine des Champs; then Popincourt, lost amid wheat fields; then la Courtille, a merry village of wine-shops; the hamlet of Saint-Laurent with its church whose bell tower, from afar, seemed to add itself to the pointed towers of the Porte Saint- Martin; the Faubourg Saint-Denis, with the vast enclosure of Saint-Ladre; beyond the Montmartre Gate, the Grange- Batelière, encircled with white walls; behind it, with its chalky slopes, Montmartre, which had then almost as many churches as windmills, and which has kept only the windmills, for society no longer demands anything but bread for the body.

Yet, here it stands, its towers undaunted, its flying buttresses splayed like spider legs and its color undiminished.

Flying buttresses gave the cathedral its tent-like appearance.

Notre Dame's great flying buttresses, when seen from the ground, look like God's own oars rowing the great ecclesial ship through the rough waters of history.

The French Gothic style is instantly recognisable, and many of these buildings share the same characteristics: Height is paramount, flying buttresses tend to be present, they're huge, vaulted, with beautiful stained glass windows and many intricate carvings and sculptures incorporated throughout the structure.

Completed in the 13th Century, the cathedral is considered a feat of architecture with its towers, spire, flying buttresses, and stained glass.

The central structure was supported by flying buttresses which distribute the weight of the walls and vaulted ceilings.

I first learned about this great Gothic (with flying buttresses) Cathedral from the movie based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Honestly, I've never read Victor Hugo's book, but in 1996, it was made into a movie produced by Walt Disney when he started to create many animated films.

It is renowned for its rib vaulting, flying buttresses and stunning stained glass windows, as well as its many carved stone gargoyles.

The Gothic masterpiece features enormous rose windows, a rib vault and flying buttresses, and its 90-metre spire towered above the Ile de la Cite, the island on which Notre Dame stands.

The Gothic masterpiece boasted huge stained glass windows, a rib vault and flying buttresses.

They made their way to a nearby park, where they could admire the cathedral's flying buttresses, an iconic feature of its French Gothic architecture.