It was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress.
The plate and its supporting structure act as a flying buttress supporting the main roof. 15.
The projecting arch and the arches near it were restored, and the outer wall was propped by an additional flying buttress.
Renaissance and later architecture eschewed the flying buttress in favour of thick-wall construction.
Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress.
At the east end of the north aisle is a flying buttress.
The rear featured a semifastback with a flying buttress sail-panel.
The south aisle wall leans significantly, and is supported by a substantial flying buttress.