Peristyle
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PERISTYLE (Gr. rcpt., round, and ori os, column), in architecture, a range of columns (whether rectangular or circular on plan) in one or two rows, enclosing the sanctuary of a temple; ...
Peristyle courtyard: A courtyard with a covered walkway all the way around it, with columns holding up the ceiling
Peristyle porch: A porch surrounded by columns
Peristyle temple: A temple that has columns all the way around ...
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Peristyle: a colonnade surrounding a building
Plinth: a pedestal supporting a column
Portico: a roofed porch or walkway supported by columns ...
Peristyle - A range of columns surrounding a building or open court.
John William Waterhouse - In the Peristyle
Architecture Glossary ...
Peristyle - In Greek and Roman architecture a peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building that surrounds a court that may contain an internal garden.
peristyle: a row of columns surrounding a temple or court.
piano nobile: the principal storey of a building, of greater height than the other storeys and raised above a basement or ground floor.
Peristyle
a colonnade surrounding a structure; in Roman houses, the courtyard surrounded by columns.
Perspective ...
Peristyle round the great court of the palaestra, described by Vitruvius, which measured two stadia (1,200 ft.) in length, on the south side this peristyle had two rows of columns, ...
Peristyle - A court or garden (as at Pompeii) surrounded by porticos with columns.
Pilaster - Similar to an engaged column, but a rectangular strip standing out slightly from a wall.
Peristyle : columns surrounding a building or enclosing a courtyard.
Pithos : Minoan jars or vases, sometimes taller than a person, that were used for storage.
Plateia : square.
peristyleA Peristyle is a group of columns round a courtyard, or temple, ...
Through the pylon gateway leads into a peristyle courtyard, also built by Ramesses II.
Peristyle - A range of columns around a building or a square or court with columns all around.
Permanent Open Air Space - Air space is deemed to be permanently open if : (a) It is street or it is encroached upon by no structure of any kind.
Hart, Russell, Parthenon (replica), Exterior view of the peristyle from the northeast corner, originally built 1897, reconstructed 1921-31, Nashville (TN) ...
A corbelled turret or bartizan, square or round, frequently at an angle.PeripteralOf a temple: with a colonnade all round the exterior.PeristyleOn a classical building, a colonnade all round the exterior or an interior space, e.g.
peristyle literally, surrounded by columns; a term for a temple or other structure enclosed in a colonnade. piano nobile the main floor of a building where the most important rooms would be located: literally "noble storey" in Italian.
 See also: Architecture, Colonnade, Temple, House, Roman
  
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