St+Mary+of+Sar+Church


 * St Mary of Sar Church by Paula Blanco Ríos **

**__ 1.- DESCRIPTION __** media type="custom" key="14121820"
 * **Built: First chapels in 1140. **
 * **Location (City, Country and Continent: Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Europe. **

The construction of the church started on the chapels of the front of the building. The works started in the second third of the century twelve and finished with the cloister, in the final of the same century.
 * **Type of structure: **
 * " This structure is a: mass structure" **
 * **Short information about the structure (history, dimensions...) **


 * __2.- WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OR USES OF THE STRUCTURE? __**


 * We use the St Mary of Sar church for celebrate weddings, christenings and masses. **


 * __3.- WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS ARE THERE? Elements of the structure... __**
 * Columns, pilars, beams, plates, arches, shells, basements, catenaries, towers, cables, struts, ties, pylons, stays, deck, foundation…. **




 * __4.- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS MADE OF? __** **CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED ** //: //**It is made mostly of stone, specifically of granite.**


 * __5.- STRESSES IN THE STRUCTURE __****: ** tension, compression, torsion, bending, shearing




 * __6.- STABILITY, RIGIDITY AND RESISTANCE __**
 * This structure is made rigid by : the use of granite, a super-rigid stone.
 * This structure is made stable by : the buttresses and the pillars (although it is inclined) and because the base is big.
 * <span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made resistant by : also the use of granite.


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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.- CURIOSITIES __**


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.- PERSONAL COMMENTS __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I learned everithing I have to know about structures. My structure is so special because is inclined and it seems to defy gravity.
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