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Peristyle
, Italy In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle ( ; ) is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns (a colonnade) surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard. Tetrastoön ( ) is a rarely used archaic term for this feature. The peristyle in a Greek temple is a peristasis ( ). In the Christian ecclesiastical architecture that developed from the Roman basilica, a courtyard peristyle and its garden came to be known as a cloister.
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, Italy In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle ( ; ) is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns (a colonnade) surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard. Tetrastoön ( ) is a rarely used archaic term for this feature. The peristyle in a Greek temple is a peristasis ( ). In the Christian ecclesiastical architecture that developed from the Roman basilica, a courtyard peristyle and its garden came to be known as a cloister.
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