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  2. Flèche (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Flèche of Sainte-Chapelle, Île de la Cité, designed by Jean-Baptiste Lassus. [1] Two pictures of Notre-Dame de Paris with its 19th century flèche, lost to fire in 2019. ...

  3. Flèche (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    Sketch showing the principle of a redan and flèche. A flèche (Fr. for "arrow") is an outwork consisting of two converging faces with a parapet and an open gorge, forming an arrowhead shape facing the enemy.

  4. Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris is located above the cross-section of the cathedral's transept. Notre-Dame de Paris has had three timber spires made of oak, known as flèches.

  5. Flèche - Wikipedia

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    Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire; Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition; Flèche (fencing), an aggressive offensive fencing technique; Flèche (fortification), a defensive work; HMS Fleche, ships of the Royal Navy

  6. History of La Flèche - Wikipedia

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    La Flèche was established shortly after the year 1000 and rapidly acquired a prominent position. In 1051, [cf 4] Jean de Beaugency, the younger son of Lancelin I, the lord of Beaugency, and Paula du Maine, the youngest daughter of Count Herbert I Wake-Dog, [9] sought a location in which to construct a castle within his domain of Fissa (fiscal land).

  7. La Flèche - Wikipedia

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    La Flèche (French pronunciation: [la flɛʃ] ⓘ) is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department.

  8. Flechette - Wikipedia

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    Examples of various small-arms flechettes (scale in inches) A flechette or flèchette (/ f l eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ t / fle-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile.The name comes from French flèchette (from flèche), meaning "little arrow" or "dart", and sometimes retains the grave accent in English: flèchette.

  9. File:Notre-Dame-de-Paris, les dernières minutes de la flèche.png

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    A cette température le plomb (métal toxique et source de saturnisme) se liquéfie, puis est en partie sublimé en vapeur et nanoparticules, source de fumée toxique English: 2 Photos showing the big arrow of Notre-Dame en feu, shortly before its total collapse in the evening of April 15, 2019.