Portico - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: porticoPorticoed
Furnished with a portico...
Cella
The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple as distinguished from the open porticoes...
Decastyle
Having ten columns in front said of a portico temple etc...
Distyle
Having two columns in front said of a temple portico or the like...
Hexastyle
Having six columns in front said of a portico or temple...
VerbarIn antis
Between antaelig said of a portico in classical style where columns are set between two antaelig forming the angles of the building See Anta...
Octostyle
Having eight columns in the front said of a temple or portico The Parthenon is octostyle but most large Greek temples are hexastyle See Hexastyle...
Pediment
Originally in classical architecture the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof hence a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes doors windows etc also a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use See Temple...
Pentastyle
Having five columns in front said of a temple or portico in classical architecture...
Piazza
An open square in a European town especially an Italian town hence Arch an arcaded and roofed gallery a portico In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda...
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