What is a portico roof? A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, witha roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. ... Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments. Palladio was a pioneer of using temple-front...
In the centre of the place, in the portico of the principal temple (for there would be several in the enclosure), three great men would like to meet often, and when they were together, no fourth, however great, would dream of joining their discourse or their silence. In them would be...
Ramoche Monastery consists of three floors, the lower floor consists of a portico, sutra and Buddha halls, which are surrounded by a corridor for ritual perambulations. The walls of the corridor are covered with painted statues of the Amitabha Buddha. The top storey is covered with Han - styl...
although the main living quarters were on the Palatine, centred around a large peristyle courtyard flanked on three sides by elegant porticoes. Gardens, pavilions, fountains, a large nymphaeum and even a dedicated art gallery all played to the refined aesthetic tastes of the notoriously louche em...
46“‘This is what the SovereignLordsays: The gate of the inner courtfacing eastis to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moonit is to be opened.2The prince is to enter from the outside through the porticoof the gateway and stand by...
inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the...
an open colonnaded courtyard and a portico into the temple itself, featuring close-packed columns and an altar platform. The floors were paved in contrasting black, brown and white marble, and the walls decorated with painted plaster. Archeologists uncovered both a painter’s workshop – with pa...
churches and cathedrals – were simply the most impressive structures in existence, whether private or public. Nothing could rival them in magnificence, grace and intelligence. To walk inside their high beamed ceilings, carved colonnades or painted porticoes, was to feel awed and moved by the maj...
The graceless Helen in the porch I spiedOf Vesta's temple. Garage A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock. Porch A portico; a covered walk. Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Garage A type of electr...
A large entrance room or vestibule in a building; a lobby. Porch An open or enclosed gallery or room attached to the outside of a building; a veranda. Hall A building for public gatherings or entertainments. Porch (Obsolete) A portico or covered walk. Hall The large room in which such ...