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A lesene, also called a pilaster strip, is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief vertical pillar on a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have a base or Capital (architecture), capital. It is typical in Lombards#Architecture, Lombardic and Rijnlandish architectural building styles.
File:Lisene2.jpg, Lesenes and Lombard band (arches) on a chapel
File:Lisene-Ravenna.jpg, Lesenes forming blind arcades, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (); dentils under the eaves.
File:Gernrode-Lisene.jpg, Lesene on the staircase tower, St. Cyriakus Church, Gernrode, Gernrode collegiate church (pre-1000)
File:Maria Laach.jpg, Lesenes on the Maria Laach Abbey (1156)
File:Saxon tower - geograph.org.uk - 570499.jpg, Lesenes on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton (late 10th century)
File:Smithsons photo Robin hood gardens London UK 2005-07-21.jpg, Robin Hood Gardens, London: lesene-shaped formation on the supporting wall in the Plattenbau style
File:Hamburg.Chilehaus.Fassade.standard.wmt.jpg, Lesenes at Chile House, Hamburg
File:2022-12-29 St. Ludgerus 04.jpg, Lesenes on the Ludgerus Church in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia
A lesene, also called a pilaster strip, is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief vertical pillar on a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have a base or Capital (architecture), capital. It is typical in Lombards#Architecture, Lombardic and Rijnlandish architectural building styles.
Function
Lesenes are used in architecture to vertically divide a façade or other wall surface optically. However, unlike pilasters, lesenes are simpler, having no bases or capitals. Their function is ornamental, not just to decorate the plain surface of a wall but, in the case of corner lesenes (at the edges of a façade), to emphasise the edges of a building.Gallery
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