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Stoa (plural, stoae or stoƦ) in Ancient Greek architecture; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage.

 


stoa [ˈstəʊə]
n pl stoae [ˈstəʊiː], stoas
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a covered walk that has a colonnade on one or both sides, esp as used in ancient Greece ...

stoa: a covered colonnade.
strapwork: 16th-century decoration (France, Netherlands, England) of interlaced bands, like leather pieces slotted into one another.

Stoa : a long, columned building used as a meeting place and shelter in ancient Greece that was usually in an agora.
Taverna: a small restaurant serving traditional Greek food that is generally less expensive and more authentic than a restaurant.

in order to increase the size of the celia, the columns on either side and at the rear became engaged columns, the portico only having isolated columns.
Pteroma - in Classical architecture, the enclosed space of a portico, peristyle, or stoa, ...

See also: Architecture, Colonnade, Greek, Floor, Roman

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