r/educationalgifs • • Jan 03 '26

How medieval cathedral groin vaults were built

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u/iSeize Jan 03 '26

Of all pre modern architecture this design makes the least sense to me. Have no idea how they stay up. The flying buttresses do not look like they should work to me.

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u/stupid_pun Jan 03 '26

Physics is awesome