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buttress

architectural structure, usually of masonry, built to strengthen or support walls or resist the lateral thrust of vaults
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buttress

Summary

buttress is an architectural element[1]. buttress ranks in the top 6% of architectural_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,821 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • buttress's instance of is recorded as architectural element[3].
  • buttress is a type of architectural element[4].
  • buttress's Commons category is recorded as Buttresses[5].
  • buttress's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=buttress[6].
  • buttress's described by source is recorded as Contrafuerte[7].
  • buttress's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[8].
  • buttress's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • buttress's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • buttress's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • buttress's partially coincident with is recorded as Q116702162[12].
  • buttress's connects with is recorded as pinnacle[13].

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Definition and Type

buttress's instance of is recorded as architectural element[3]. buttress is a type of architectural element[4].

Why It Matters

buttress ranks in the top 6% of architectural_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,821 views/month).[2] buttress has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] buttress is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fifth Season of Work October 1931 – March 1932. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'e
    Gnd id → 4273393-5
    Sitelink count → 46
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → buttress-architecture
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: buttress-architecture, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920804|buttress architecture (#289920804)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → architectural element
    Described by source → Contrafuerte, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +2
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295613, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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