Flèche (architecture)
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A flèche (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langnf)[3] is the name given to spires in Gothic architecture. In French, the word is applied to any spire, but in English it has the technical meaning of a spirelet or spike on the rooftop of a building.[4][5] In particular, the spirelets often were built atop the crossings of major churches in mediaeval French Gothic architecture are called flèches.[5]
On the ridge of the roof on top of the crossing (the intersection of the nave and the transepts) of a church, flèches were typically light, delicate, timber-framed constructions with a metallic sheath of lead or copper.[6] They are often richly decorated with architectural and sculptural embellishments: tracery, crockets, and miniature buttresses serve to adorn the flèche.[6]
Flèches are often very tall: the Gothic Revival spire of Notre-Dame de Paris (1858Template:En dash2019) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was about Template:Convert before its destruction in the Notre-Dame de Paris fire, while the 16th century flèche of Amiens Cathedral is Template:Convert high.[6]
The highest flèche in the world was built at the end of the 19th century for Rouen Cathedral, Template:Convert high in total.[7]
A short spire or flèche surrounded by a parapet is common on churches in Hertfordshire; as a result, this type of flèche is called a Hertfordshire spike.[8]
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