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PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. por...

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 118 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTICO (Ital. for " See also:porch," See also:Lat. porticus)  , a See also:term in See also:architecture for the covered entrance See also:porch to a See also:building, which is carried by columns, and either constitutes the whole front of the building, as in the See also:Greek and See also:Roman temples, or forms an important feature, as the See also:portico of the See also:Pantheon at See also:Rome attached to the rotunda . A circular projecting portico, such as those to the See also:north and See also:south transepts of St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, and that which forms the See also:west entrance of St See also:Mary le Strand, is known as See also:cyclostyle . The term porticus is used to distinguish the entrance portico in an amphiprostylar or See also:peripteral See also:temple from that behind which is called the posticum .

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