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pediment
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This is a triangular structure that the entablature supports, and it contains a typanum of sculptures
flying buttress
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composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards
rib vaulting
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an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs

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