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Wikipedia: A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "spear". Symbolically, spires have two functions.
![[Nidaros Cathedral, Norway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nidarosdomen_east_2006_s.jpg "Nidaros Cathedral, Norway")
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![[The Flamboyant spires of Burgos Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Burgos_Cathedral_Needles_s.jpg "The Flamboyant spires of Burgos Cathedral")
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![[The Wrigley Building is a skyscraper in Chicago's Loop topped with a Renaissance inspired spire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wrigley_building_with_walkway_Chicago_s.jpg "The Wrigley Building is a skyscraper in Chicago's Loop topped with a Renaissance inspired spire")
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![[Inside the spire of Salisbury Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Salisbury_Cathedral_2C_tower_interior_2C_inside_the_spire_s.jpg "Inside the spire of Salisbury Cathedral")
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![[Gothic spire of Ulm Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ulm_Cathedral_s.jpg "Gothic spire of Ulm Cathedral")
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![[Internal view of a medieval English spire at Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, UK]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Inside_St_Medard_27s_Spire_s.jpg "Internal view of a medieval English spire at Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, UK")
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![[The Spire of Dublin is an example of the use of spires in a modern context.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Spikehenry_s.jpg "The Spire of Dublin is an example of the use of spires in a modern context.")
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![[Neo-Gothic spire of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Prague_Neo_Gothic_Spire001_s.jpg "Neo-Gothic spire of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague")
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