The Notre Dame Cathedral will survive ... it predominantly embodies the French Gothic style that favors giant, cavernous spaces propped up by flying buttresses and windows laced with ornate ...

The two men, former colleagues, designed a life-size model of one of the 10-foot spires atop the neo-Gothic cathedral to see ... damaged several pinnacles, flying buttresses and a gargoyle ...

Gothic cathedrals seem to defy the laws of gravity. Common traits include pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses, all of which enabled the structures to be built taller and stronger.

Here are just five of the most famous Gothic cathedrals in Europe ... walk to the eastern end of the church to see the famous flying buttresses, a beautiful garden and its single, 300 foot ...

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval ... joined forces with revolutionary ribbed vaults and gravity-defying flying buttresses ...

The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

The invention of the flying buttress allowed columns ... However, unlike its predecessor, Gothic Revival architecture was used not only for churches and cathedrals, but also non-religious ...

The invention of the flying buttress allowed columns ... However, unlike its predecessor, Gothic Revival architecture was used not only for churches and cathedrals, but also non-religious ...