granite column

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granite
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/us
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used ...
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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofgraniteandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The redgranitecolumnrises 23 metres high, including the base, and weighs over 250 tonnes.
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This redgranitecolumn(the tallest of its kind in the world) is 47.5 metres high and weighs some 500 tons.
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Over each light is a pointed arch supported by a free-standing polishedgranitecolumn.
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It consists of a hugegranitecolumnwith an image of a casket at its summit.
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The font was fashioned from an ancientgranitecolumnand is girdled by an iron grating.
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Four globes in the bowl surround thegranitecolumnand emit water, which cascades over the edge of the bowl into a shallow receptacle in the grey granite base.
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A second smaller monument, agranitecolumn, was built in the same location, a small hill, at a cost of 1,400, and was completed in 1953.
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The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by granite columns and pilasters.
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Most typical are the graceful sweep of the curved roof ridge with upturned eaves, wooden carvings and ornamental gable eaves set in granite columns.
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Shops lined the marble floored colonnade forming an arcade with 34 grey granite columns.
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To support the roof, there are two drum terraces, each having two granite columns, in the front of the study hall.
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Its marble and granite columns carry diamond-cut and "muqarnas" capitals.
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The semicircular apse is decorated with five framed blind arcades each of two red granite columns.
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It is characterized by recessed, monumental, four story granite columns supporting recessed arches.
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The church is made of three naves, divided by granite columns.
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The entrance is protected by a tower were two free-standing granite columns rise.
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During the following year, one of the granite columns in the memorial cracked and was repaired.
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The narthex is supported by octagonal piers at the corners and two granite columns between them.
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One of these granite columns is the largest such structure in the world, standing at 90 feet.
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