Definition of Porticos. Meaning of Porticos. Synonyms of Porticos

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Definition of Porticos

Porticos
Portico Por"ti*co, n.; pl. Porticoesor Porticos. [It., L. porticus. See Porch.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.
Portico
Portico Por"ti*co, n.; pl. Porticoesor Porticos. [It., L. porticus. See Porch.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

Meaning of Porticos from wikipedia

- Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures. Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments. Palladio was a pioneer of using temple-fronts...
- walkway. Buildings named after their porticos include: Santa Maria in Campitelli, in Rome, called Santa Maria in Portico Porticus Aemilia, in Rome, is an...
- vault arcades are almost four kilometres (3,796 m or 12,454 ft) long. Its porticos provide shelter for the traditional procession which every year since 1433...
- The Portico: A Repository of Science & Literature (1816–1818) was a short-lived Baltimore literary journal founded and edited by Stephen Simpson and Tobias...
- Portico Quartet are an instrumental band from London, United Kingdom. They are known for their use of the hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their...
- portico was constructed in 1824 during the James Monroe administration. The north portico was built in 1830. Though Latrobe proposed similar porticos...
- Pórticos de San Antonio, or San Antonio Heights, is a fraccionamiento in Baja California in Tijuana Muni****lity. The city had a po****tion of 34,234 as...
- completed around 1866 just after the American Civil War. The east front portico was extended in 1958. The building's Visitors Center was opened in the...
- Solomon's Porch, Portico or Colonnade (στοα του Σολομωντος; John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12), was a colonnade or cloister, located on the eastern side of...
- styles remained po****r for centuries. At the British Museum, for example, porticos are continued along the front as a colonnade. The porch of columns that...