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portico

In architecture, a porch with a pediment and columns.
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6) An outline of the Jerusalem Temple, here a tetrastyle structure with portico, flaming" altar, and Holy of Holies, is flanked by approaching animals identified in the Greek inscription as sacrificial offerings.
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Sometimes the atrium is a tetrastyle in which pillars at the four corners of the impluvium support girders or main beams of the roof.
Nigeria: behold a city called Benin; Great Benin, also known as Edo, ... by Walker, Robin / New African
 
 
 
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