Lesene
A lesene, also called a pilaster strip,
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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Lesenes and Lombard band (arches) on a chapel
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Lesenes forming blind arcades, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (c. 430); dentils under the eaves.
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Lesene on the staircase tower,Gernrode collegiate church(pre-1000)
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Lesenes on the Maria Laach Abbey (1156)
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Lesenes on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton (late 10th century)
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Plattenbaustyle
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Lesenes at Chile House, Hamburg
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Lesenes on the Ludgerus Church in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia