Portico
type of porch
A portico is a Greek style porch.
GalleryEdit
- Short visual history of porticos
Ancient Egyptian portico of the Mastaba of Seshemnefer IV (Giza pyramid complex, Egypt)
Ancient Greek portico with Ionic columns of the Temple of Athena Nike (Athens, Greece)
Ancient Roman portico of the Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France)
Islamic portico of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (Kairouan, Tunisia)
Chinese portico of the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Romanesque portico of the Church of San Miguel (Sotosalbos, Spain)
Gothic portico of the Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)
Brâncovenesc portico of the Stavropoleos Church (Bucharest, Romania)
Renaissance portico of the Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Baroque portico of the Church of the Val-de-Grâce (Paris)
![The Portico of San Luca in Bologna, Italy, which is possibly the world's longest.[1]](/wiki/File:Bologna_san_luca-5.jpg)
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Caird, Joe (16 January 2009). "Bologna city guide: top five sights". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 1 June 2013.