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Understanding architecture technical terms

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PILGRIMSPLAZA

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in a second-hand bookshop I found some old Michelin guides (thin oblong pocketbooks) who proved very helpful for understanding architecture and its technical terms like archivolt, flèche, poutre de gloire, voûte en berceau, @cetera in different languages.
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