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An ornate 19th-century porte-cochère, at Waddesdon Manor A modern example at a hospital. A porte-cochère (/ ˌ p ɔːr t k oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ r /; French: [pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ]; lit. ' coach gateway '; [1] pl. porte-cochères or portes-cochères) [2] is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street [3] or a covered porch-like structure at ...
A major, medieval-style town in The Boiling Isles Boopelite City Pig Goat Banana Cricket: Nickelodeon: The main setting of the show Boxwood Terrace Ready Jet Go! PBS Kids: A fictional town located in Washington, and where Jet and his friends live. Brooms Town Robocar Poli: EBS: A fictional town of anthropomorphic cars and humans. Bubbletucky ...
Pages in category "Mid-size cars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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For purposes of description, Roman vehicles can be divided into the car, the coach, and the cart. Cars were used to transport one or two individuals, coaches were used to transport parties, and carts to transport cargo. Of the cars, the most popular was the carrus, a standard chariot form descending to the Romans from a greater antiquity. The ...
The town has about 2,500 years of history and has been occupied in different ages by Romans, Visigoths, and Crusaders. At the beginning of its history it was a Gaulish settlement; in the 3rd century CE, the Romans decided to transform it into a fortified town. [4] The Roman defences were in place by 333 CE, when the town is described as a ...
Coach of a noble family, c. 1870 The word carriage (abbreviated carr or cge) is from Old Northern French cariage, to carry in a vehicle. [3] The word car, then meaning a kind of two-wheeled cart for goods, also came from Old Northern French about the beginning of the 14th century [3] (probably derived from the Late Latin carro, a car [4]); it is also used for railway carriages and in the US ...
Medieval Finnish towns (6 P) I. Medieval Indian cities (11 P) J. ... Pages in category "Medieval cities" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.