Glossary · W
Weight tower
Also called weight towers, weight turret
In Ottoman mosques, a turret rising above a main pier to load it and steady the thrust of the dome.
Rules that use the word
The cascade of domes. Let the exterior show the structure: pile semidomes, exedrae, corner domes and weight towers round the central dome so that the masses rise in steps to the crown.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Islamic World.
A feature of Ottoman architecture.
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