Since the Romanesque style of church utilizes very wide, massive walls buttresses as significant now as they are in later years. The buttresses used at this time were usually flat and square and did not stick out far from the wall. In the cases where the church used a half-barrel vault, a vault ceiling that resembles a barrel cut lengthwise, the buttresses effectively became "flying buttresses...
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In somewhat infrequent occurrences these buttresses would be located on the interior of the church so that it seemed less noticeable, thus making the cathedral's aesthetic properties acquiesce to the eyes of those in its domicile. Other important structures that the Romanesque style utilizes are towers and many of them are still standing today...
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