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Architectural elements > Buttresses

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Buttresses  

Definition

  • Pierlike masonry elements built to strengthen or support walls or resist the lateral thrust of walls [AAT 94]

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  • 114311

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WCBM79JQ-Q

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