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Examples of portico
portico
The Cascades portico of the Opryland Hotel had an estimated 10-19 feet of water.
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A portico beside the pool supports old wisteria vines and shades an eating area.
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The ceiling of the portico is curved similar to the shape of a segmented barrel.
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The Greek Revival portico and terrace was added later in the nineteenth century.
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From the portico a corridor flanked by storerooms reaches a posterior courtyard.
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Portico is concerned about how Toto will react when she learns of the deception.
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The white walls of the 90-year-old mansion were crushed, the portico collapsed.
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It is entirely in travertine, with a portico which was once open to the public.
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It took more than a decade to obtain the 48 granite columns for the main portico.
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- A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- A portico (from Italian) 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 first appeared in Ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.
- Portico is a high-rise building planned for construction in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It has been approved by the City of Miami, and is scheduled to begin construction in late 2007. If completed, the building would rise 461 feet (141 meters), with 50 floors. ...
- The Portico: A Repository of Science & Literature (1816-1818) was a short-lived Baltimore literary journal founded and edited by Stephen Simpson and Tobias Watkins. The monthly journal was formed to publish the members of a small Baltimore literary society the Delphian Club. ...
- A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building
- A portico (Latin) is a roofed area, open to the air on one or more sides, typically supported on one side by the facade of a building and on the remaining sides by columns or arches. ...
- A roof, generally gabled, supported on columns, usually more elaborate than a porch.
- Colonaded entrance space (doorway).
- Literally, porch: an architectural design used widely by Palladio and his followers, which consists of a colonnade supporting a pedimented roof of varying depth.
