Piers between the upper floor windows of the former Albany Academy, built around 1875, on Ashley Street in the Woodlands area of Glasgow. The details, and the faces, on the capitals of these piers are fantastic.

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Flèche or Spirelets, like this one Temple Primary School, are a common feature on older public buildings in Glasgow. Unlike Finials, which are placed on the apex of a building, Flèches are often placed in the middle of the roofline.

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Lion's head railings outside the former Trinity College building in the west end of Glasgow. This building dates from 1856 and was designed by Charles Wilson. I love the radial symmetry of this ironwok.

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You'll see figures like this one from the Mitchell Library holding up buildings all over Glasgow. They are an architectural feature called an Atlas (also known as Atlant, Atlante or Atlantid).

They are carved male figures that replace columns and are named after the Ancient Greek Titan forced to hold up the sky on his shoulders for all eternity.

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