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    pronaos (UK: /proʊˈneɪ.ɒs/ or US: /proʊˈneɪ.əs/) is the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade...
    12 KB (1,152 words) - 08:08, 28 August 2024
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    The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed...
    13 KB (899 words) - 07:08, 23 September 2024
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    highest of the monument, can also be reached via 196 steps that start from the portico. The structure is 135 m (443 ft) wide, 130 m (427 ft) deep, and 70 m...
    64 KB (7,071 words) - 17:42, 26 October 2024
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    Octaviae (Latin for the 'Portico of Octavia'; Italian: Portico di Ottavia) is an ancient structure in Rome. The colonnaded walks of the portico enclosed the...
    6 KB (481 words) - 09:28, 26 October 2024
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    of Agrippa's older temple. The building is round in plan, except for the portico with large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two...
    64 KB (7,567 words) - 13:25, 25 October 2024
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    Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della...
    7 KB (652 words) - 14:22, 26 October 2024
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    The Portico Dii Consentes (Latin: Porticus Deorum Consentium; Italian: Portico degli Dei Consenti), also known as the Area of the Dii Consentes or the...
    4 KB (334 words) - 16:23, 25 October 2024
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    about its battle to get city officials to enforce the law by removing the portico, while the officials, according to the Times, resisted every way they...
    20 KB (1,986 words) - 01:52, 29 September 2023
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    genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in Jerusalem. The word is found 24 times in the...
    13 KB (1,441 words) - 15:40, 10 August 2024
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    of arms and a commemorative inscription were installed later on above the portico. These have become one of the main symbols of British rule in Malta....
    10 KB (906 words) - 18:10, 22 September 2024
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    O.S.B. Saint Gregory Gregory the Great Located in the portico. Originally buried in the portico of Old St. Peter's, partly transferred to Soissous;...
    38 KB (799 words) - 21:07, 17 February 2024
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    Sculpture, is an outdoor sculpture by Michael "Mike" Chapman, located under the portico of St Martins-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom...
    4 KB (266 words) - 23:57, 23 September 2024
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    proceeding around the Temple of Saturn and turning to the south in front of the Portico Dii Consentes, it then climbs up the slope of the Capitoline Hill to...
    4 KB (314 words) - 18:55, 5 January 2024
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    At the top of the portico is a frieze and a dentilled cornice. Inside the portico are double doorways and tall windows. The portico is flanked by bays...
    5 KB (430 words) - 22:00, 9 July 2024
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    reconstructed in accordance with its original style with the exception of the portico which was built with a 16th-century style. The interior of the church...
    3 KB (160 words) - 06:27, 27 May 2024
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    mosque in Tirana, Albania, known for its frescoes outside and inside the portico which depict trees, waterfalls and bridges. Closed under communist rule...
    7 KB (696 words) - 10:14, 1 November 2024
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    succeeded. Two ramps lead up to a central portico. On either side of the portico, the covered ramps carry rows of shops. The engineering of the bridge...
    8 KB (641 words) - 23:54, 25 October 2024
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    a portico is the role within the functional layout of the building. The portico allows entrance to the inside from the exterior and can be found on vernacular...
    7 KB (666 words) - 11:08, 15 September 2024
  • the 4th century BC, is known as the planner of two important works: the portico of twelve Doric columns to the great Hall of the Mysteries at Eleusis...
    2 KB (267 words) - 20:08, 22 October 2024
  • archbishop Theodoric and abbot Hadrian. Bede reports that he was buried in the 'portico' (in porticu) of St Paul the Apostle, a space he had created for his...
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