A flèche (French: [flɛʃ]; French for 'arrow') is the name given to spires in Gothic architecture. In French, the word is applied to any spire, but in English...
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Look up flèche in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire Flèche (cycling), a team...
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Spire (category Church architecture)
the tower supporting the spire. A flèche (French: flèche, lit. 'arrow') is a name given to spires in Gothic architecture: in French the word is applied to...
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sculpture. Amiens Cathedral has a flèche. The most famous example was that of Notre-Dame de Paris. The original flèche of Notre-Dame was built on the crossing...
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national architectural movement First Period First Romanesque Flak tower Flamboyant Flame palmette Flanking tower Flat roof Flèche (architecture) Flèche (fortification)...
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Steeple (redirect from Steeple (architecture))
again by Hurricane Carol in 1954. Christianity portal Bell-gable Bell tower Flèche Minaret ""Is it true that church steeples are pagan in origin?"". Archived...
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community of ancestors. The flèche faîtière was depicted on a 2007 New Caledonian stamp. Flèche is a general architectural term for "spire". It is used...
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Notre-Dame de Paris (category Gothic architecture in France)
five years. An international architectural competition was also announced to redesign the flèche and roof. The hasty flèche competition announcement drew...
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Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half...
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is called the crossing and is often surmounted by a small spire called a flèche, a dome or, particularly in England, a large tower with or without a spire...
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A flèche (Fr. for "arrow") is an outwork consisting of two converging faces with a parapet and an open gorge, forming an arrowhead shape facing the enemy...
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important architectural projects have included the construction of the Mwâ Ka, 12m totem pole, topped by a grande case (chief's hut) complete with flèche faîtière...
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Second Empire style (redirect from Second empire architecture)
also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts originating in the Second French Empire. It was characterized...
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dome, Florence Cathedral, Florence Crossing tower, Canterbury Cathedral Flèche above crossing, Notre-Dame de Paris Crossing tower, Basilica of Saint-Sernin...
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compagnonnage : La flèche de la cathédrale Notre-dame de Paris », on hermetism.free.fr.(in French). « Restauration des seize statues de cuivre de la flèche de Notre-Dame...
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Amiens Cathedral (category Gothic architecture in France)
The flèche as drawn by Viollet-le-Duc The flèche of Amiens Cathedral (16th c.) Sculpture of the flèche The flying buttresses are the architectural device...
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Royal Courts of Justice (category Gothic Revival architecture in London)
rose window above. At the top of the gable is a sculpture of Jesus with a flèche behind. There are also statues of Moses, Solomon and Alfred the Great, the...
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France. By the time the fire was extinguished, the cathedral's wooden spire (flèche) had collapsed, most of the wooden roof had been destroyed, and the cathedral's...
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Hertfordshire spike (category Church architecture)
type of short spire or flèche found on church-towers surrounded by a parapet. It is defined in the Buildings of England as a "flèche or short spire rising...
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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (category French architecture writers)
building, or sometimes simply to maintain the harmony of the design. The flèche or spire of Notre-Dame de Paris, which had been constructed in about 1250...
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Redan (category Fortification (architectural elements))
obtuse angle with a vertex toward the enemy is called a flèche (arrow in French). The Bagration flèches were three redans backwards in echelon. The Shevardino...
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by a delicate open-work spire called a flèche. The various parts of the building are united by architectural features and decoration which emphasise...
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of the Flèche A central lantern tower over the transept is a tradition of Gothic architecture in Normandy. The lantern tower with its flèche, or spire...
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Reims Cathedral (category Gothic architecture in France)
fire caused by the negligence of workers covering the high wood-and-lead flèche (spire) that was being constructed over the transept destroyed the part...
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Ridge turret (category Architectural elements)
English architecture, and when the height of a ridge turret's roof exceeds its width, it is called a spire in English architecture or a flèche in French...
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Groot Begijnhof, Leuven (section Architecture)
mendicant orders or women's congregations, it has no tower, only a flèche. Since 1998, this flèche has carried a small carillon, which plays a short melody every...
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John Piper.[citation needed] The architectural aesthetic of the final design, particularly the tower and its flèche, has attracted some criticism; unlike...
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Regent Street railway station (category Gothic Revival architecture in Sydney)
holding them like straps. Railways portal Architecture portal Map of the Central station precinct Architecture of Sydney Rail transport in New South Wales...
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Basilica of Saint-Denis (category Gothic architecture in Paris)
chantier de la flèche freiné dans son élan". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2018. "Accord définitif de l'Etat : la flèche de la Basilique...
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encompasses the collective and diverse customs and traditions of art, architecture, music, literature, lifestyle, philosophy, politics and religion that...
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