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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823842" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>Those are <em>arcs de décharge</em> —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 <em>opus spicatum,</em> 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 <em>had</em> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823842, member: 53455"] Those are [I]arcs de décharge[/I] —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 [I]opus spicatum,[/I] 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 [I]had[/I] 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. [/QUOTE]
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