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10 + Surprising Facts About Notre Dame Cathedral

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It is a victory of Gothic design

It is a victory of Gothic design- Surprising Facts About Notre Dame Cathedral

It is a victory of Gothic design- Surprising Facts About Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame stated a critical development in Gothic engineering: the flying brace. Before the braces, the heaviness of the rooftop structures squeezed outwards and down, requiring thick wall support.
The flying braces went about as steady rib outside the design, permitting the walls to be higher and more slender, giving space to colossal windows. The braces were supplanted in the fourteenth 100 years, with ones that were bigger and more grounded, having a fifteen-meter arrive at between the walls and counter-upholds.
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