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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.

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Portico

Nodes124
Edges123
Triples139
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016129
Components1

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Portico

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related to Gallery · 72
Portico → Abbey, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, Athena Nike, Athens, Baroque, Beijing, Bologna, Brâncovenesc, Bucharest, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, China, Chinese, Crete, Egypt, Egyptian, Elevations, Empire, Etruscan
related to General and cited references · 32
Portico → Angelika Taschen, Annette, Ausdruck, Basilica, Basilika, Böhlau, Cologne, Decline, Die Architektur, Encyclopædia Britannica, Etruscans, From, From Mycenae, Greece, Greek, Henri, Imperial, ISBN, Kaiserzeit, Nünnerich-Asmus
related to Tetrastyle · 14
Portico → Basilica, Capitoline Temple, Constantine, Etruscans, Greeks, Maxentius, Portunus, Roma, Roman, Temple, The, The Romans, Venus, Volubilis
related to Decastyle · 10
Portico → Apollo Didymaeus, CE, Hadrian, Miletus, Roma, Roman, Temple, The, University College London, Venus
related to Types · 4
Portico → Greek, In Greek, Roman, The
is a · 1
Portico → porch leading to the entrance of a building

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temple greek roman columns pronaos bce buildings hexastyle temples also athena porticos walls colonnade athens ancient greece house entrance topped

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Porticois aporch leading to the entrance of a building0.90text
public buildingsinstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
amphiprostyles.The Romans favoured the four columned portico for their pseudoperipteral temples like the Temple of Portunusinstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
and for amphiprostyle temples such as the Temple of Venusinstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
Romainstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
and for the prostyle entrance porticos of large public buildings like the Basilica of Maxentiusinstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
Constantineinstance ofit was commonly employed by the Greeks and the Etruscans for small structures0.80text
Porticorelated to DecastyleThe0.60section
Porticorelated to DecastyleApollo Didymaeus0.60section
Porticorelated to DecastyleMiletus0.60section
Porticorelated to DecastyleUniversity College London0.60section
Porticorelated to DecastyleRoman0.60section

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