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...

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...

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...

national architectural movement First Period First Romanesque Flak tower Flamboyant Flame palmette Flanking tower Flat roof Flèche (architecture) Flèche (fortification)...

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...

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...

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...

five years. An international architectural competition was also announced to redesign the flèche and roof. The hasty flèche competition announcement drew...

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...

Retrieved 11 June 2011. "Flèche faîtière de grande maison cérémonielle". musees.org/louvre (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2011. "Kanak Fleche Faitiere". Sales...

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...

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...

also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which uses elements of many different historical...

dome, Florence Cathedral, Florence Crossing tower, Canterbury Cathedral Flèche above crossing, Notre-Dame de Paris Crossing tower, Basilica of Saint-Sernin...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

by a delicate open-work spire called a flèche. The various parts of the building are united by architectural features and decoration which emphasise...

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...

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...

encompasses the collective and diverse customs and traditions of art, architecture, music, literature, lifestyle, philosophy, politics and religion that...

John Piper.[citation needed] The architectural aesthetic of the final design, particularly the tower and its flèche, has attracted some criticism; unlike...

your child's education?". www.edu.gov.on.ca. Retrieved July 5, 2019. "LaFleche: Eden High not a religious bogey man". Niagara This Week. Fort Erie Times...

holding them like straps. Railways portal Architecture portal Map of the Central station precinct Architecture of Sydney Rail transport in New South Wales...

Ronald Weeks, which provide a deep symmetry in the design. The hexagonal flèche rises to support a three-pronged spire, enclosing a cross. The spire contains...