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Colonnade at the Belvedere on the Pfingstberg palace in Germany. In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. [1] Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved.
Articles relating to colonnades, long sequences of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved. The space enclosed may be covered or open.
Reconstruction of a Roman peristyle surrounding a courtyard in Pompeii, Italy. In ancient Greek [1] and Roman architecture, [2] a peristyle (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ ˌ s t aɪ l /; Ancient Greek: περίστυλον, romanized: perístulon) [3] [4] is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.
Engaged columns embedded in a side wall of the cella of the Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France, unknown architect, 2nd century. An engaged column is an architectural element in which a column is embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, which may or may not carry a partial structural load.
In the UK, the temple-front applied to The Vyne, Hampshire, was the first portico applied to an English country house. A pronaos (UK: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ɒ s / or US: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ə s /) is the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade or walls and the entrance to the cella, or shrine.
A different, related meaning is "a covered passage with shops on one or both sides". [3] Many medieval open arcades housed shops or stalls, either in the arcaded space itself, or set into the main wall behind. From this, "arcade" has become a general word for a group of shops in a single building, regardless of the architectural form.
The cloister at Salisbury Cathedral, England. A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.
It is surrounded by a colonnade on all four sides of the cella (naos), creating a four-sided arcade, or peristyle . [1] By extension, it also means simply the perimeter of a building (typically a classical temple), when that perimeter is made up of columns. [2] The term is frequently used of buildings in the Doric order. [2]