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The Portico of Pompey (Latin: Porticus Pompeii), also known as the Great Walkway (Ambulatio Magni) and Hall of a Hundred Pillars (Hecatostylon), [1] was a large quadriporticus located directly behind the scaenae frons of the Theatre of Pompey. It enclosed a large and popular public garden in the ancient city of Rome. The porticus was dedicated ...
The Macellum of Pompeii is located outside the northeast corner of the forum. As the city continued to grow, it was necessary to relieve pressure on the forum. When the Macellum was first discovered, because of the twelve column bases in the centre, the excavators at first believed it was a kind of pantheon , a temple dedicated to many gods. [ 1 ]
The porticus is a four-sided colonnade surrounding a large courtyard. Finally, the crypta is a large corridor behind the porticus on the north east and south sides, separated from the porticus by a single wall that has windows that were probably once shuttered, in earlier descriptions, there were even cisterns, vats, basins, and stone tables in ...
Plan of the Athenian Agora in the fifth century BC; the Royal Stoa is no. 17. Stoa Basileios (Ancient Greek: στοὰ βασίλειος), meaning Royal Stoa, [1] was a Doric stoa in the northwestern corner of the Athenian Agora, which was built in the 6th century BC, substantially altered in the 5th century BC, and then carefully preserved until the mid-second century AD.
Colonnade at the Belvedere on the Pfingstberg palace in Germany. In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. [1] Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved.
The Tuscan atrium seems to be the most common type in Pompeii. [14] The Tuscan type has the advantage that the walls and pillars are very well-protected from the elements. For a smaller cavaedium, it is a simple, light structure. In a larger cavaedium, though, it requires very massive timber beams.
A 37-year-old man, who has not been named, used a blunt object to make five engravings on a house in Pompeii, Italian media reported. British tourist apologizes after carving initials into an ...
Reconstruction of a Roman peristyle surrounding a courtyard in Pompeii, Italy. In ancient Greek [1] and Roman architecture, [2] a peristyle (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ ˌ s t aɪ l /; Ancient Greek: περίστυλον, romanized: perístulon) [3] [4] is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.