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Canopy over a doorway in Fergana, Uzbekistan Canopied entrance to the New York City Subway at the 14th Street–Union Square station. A canopy is a type of overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter from weather conditions such as sun, hail, snow and rain. [1]
Retractable awnings let owners control the weather on their own terms. When passing showers threaten, or when the sun gets hot, they or the home automation system unroll the awning for near-instant protection and shade. Lab test measurements show that it can be as much as 10 °C (20 °F) cooler under an awning's canopy.
Columns 6th century, and canopy from 1277. The ciborium arose in the context of a wide range of canopies, both honorific and practical, used in the ancient world to cover both important persons and religious images or objects. [5] Some of these were temporary and portable, including those using poles and textiles, and others permanent structures.
Japanese-style gazebo in Moscow The Victorian-style bandstand gazebo at Fellows Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio. A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area. [1]
The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, pledging to complete the work on Bernini ...
Luis Severino is now a member of the A's pitching staff after reportedly agreeing to a three-year, $67 million deal on Thursday, according to Yahoo Sports' Russell Dorsey.. The deal is the largest ...
Baldachin or canopy of state, typically placed over an altar or throne; Chuppah, a canopy used in Jewish wedding ceremonies; Umbraculum, a canopy awarded by the pope to basilicas; Vapor canopy, a creationist idea that earth was surrounded by a "canopy" of water
Neither the United States nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said on Monday, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 10% tariff on ...