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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823842" data-attributes="member: 53455">Those are arcs de décharge —discharging arches, I believe they’re called in English. They are just there to reinforce the side wall. This is a very, very old wall in which you can see traces of opus spicatum, i.e. stones arranged in a fishbone-like pattern, which is a sure sign of old age, and by that I mean around or before Year 1000. That is why I simply had to make this panorama shot, because that wall is so venerable and has come to us virtually intact, untouched and unrestored, which is a very unique situation.</blockquote>