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COLONNADE , in See also:architecture, a range of columns (Ital. See also:colonna) in a See also:row . When extended so as to enclose a See also:temple, it is called a See also:peristyle, and the same See also:term applies when See also:round an open See also:court, as in the houses at See also:Pompeii . When projecting in front of a See also:building, it is called a See also:portico, as in the See also:Pantheon at See also:Rome and the See also:National See also:Gallery in See also:London . When enclosed between wings, as in See also:Perrault's See also:facade to the Louvre, it is correctly described as a colonnade . Colonnades lined the streets of the towns in See also:Syria and See also:Asia See also:Minor, and they were largely employed in Rome . |
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