towers above the city]]]], by Viollet Le Duc]], 123 meters tall]] is an example of the use of spires in a modern context]] spires of Burgos Cathedral]]A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from Anglo-Saxon, so it is related to "spear," rather than the Romance languages and "spirit."Symbolically, spires have two functions. The first is to proclaim a martial power. A spire, with its reminisc