To build a flying buttress, brick, wood, stone, and limestone is
needed.
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A flying buttress is not a feature of Romanesque
architecture.
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A flying buttress is a form of buttressing most strongly
associated with Gothic church architecture. Flying buttress systems
compose of two parts including a massive vertical masonry block on
the outside of a building and a segmental or quadrant arch bridging
the gap between the buttress and the wall.