In response to Katie's question about the dome on the Jesuit Church: the structure is a dome. The things on top of the domes have all different names (i.e. pinnacle, spire).
Here's the picture of the squinch (tiotally unrelated):
There is such a thing called an onion dome, but that is usually Russian architecture where the height is greater than the width of the structure. It seems domes are classified more by their building material than by their shape; strange. More on this if I find anything...
It appears that the structure on top of the Jesuit Church is some type of religious symbol, maybe the cross for their church
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Onion Domes? Must be why i liked them so much onions are my favorite!
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