> I would say that they approached this marvel, and the Steeple became
> apparent first, that is not Archaeology but Geography, if you approach a
> church (with steeple) from a bending/winding road you see the steeple's
> top then the steeple and so on.
> But then upon nearer view, they noticed the tower, which had not it's
> "roots/foundations" in the earth and thus seemed suspended from the
> steeple, an Architectural Miracle Llama Nom nothing more.
> A better explanation for this effect is to visualise the approach of a
> Tea Clipper at sea, first you get the flags then the mast/sails, and
> then the ship, because if the Earth were flat, then you would see the
> ship's "Pointed end" first, but you do not.

That actually seems like a fairly logical explanation.

I'm not familiar with "spire" as a possible meaning
for 'stöpull', though.

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