Builders of Gothic cathedrals reinforced the walls of their architecture from the outside with:
A. piers.
B. Corinthian columns.
C. flying buttresses.
D. groin vaults.
E. both piers and flying buttresses.
E
The flying buttress consists of a strut or arch segment running from the freestanding vertical pier to an outer wall.
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