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  1. Gazebo - Wikipedia

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    Gazebo. A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret -shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area. [1] Some are used on occasions as bandstands. The name is also now used for a tent like canopy structure with open sides used as partial shelter from sun and rain at outdoor events.

  2. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    This page is a glossary of architecture. A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column. A sculptural embellishment of an arch. The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen ...

  3. Pergola - Wikipedia

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    Pergola type arbor. A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. [1] The origin of the word is the Late Latin pergula, referring to a projecting eave.

  4. Category:Gazebos - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Gazebos. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gazebos. A gazebo is a pavilion structure that is usually octagonal or turret shaped and placed in an open space, such as a park, garden or other public space. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides.

  5. Folly - Wikipedia

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    In English, the term began as "a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder", the Oxford English Dictionary's definition. [2] Follies are often named after the individual who commissioned or designed the project.

  6. Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    Pavilion. In architecture, pavilion has several meanings; It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. [1] In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia, there may be pavilions that are either freestanding or connected by covered walkways, as in ...

  7. Palapa (structure) - Wikipedia

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    A palapa (a Spanish word of Tagalog origin, originally meaning " petiole of the palm leaf") is an open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves. [ 1 ] It is very useful in hot weather and, therefore, very common on Mexican beaches and deserts. According to Rubén Carrillo, palapa is derived from the traditional construction ...

  8. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against rain. The term umbrella is traditionally used when protecting oneself from rain, while parasol is used when protecting oneself from sunlight, though the terms ...