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    In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle (/ˈpɛrɪstaɪl/; from Greek περίστυλον) is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding...
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    first section of the imperial corridor in the Palace that led via the Peristyle to the Imperial apartments of the Palace. Set below what were the Imperial...
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    The Square Peristyle is the modern name for a structure on the east side of the Ancient Agora of Athens, which was among the largest peristyles built in...
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  • Red Peristyle (Croatian: Crveni peristil) was an urban intervention in Diocletian's Palace in the city of Split, Croatia, performed on 11 January 1968...
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    based on two peristyles bordered by rooms. Between each peristyle sits the Temple of Apollo Palatinus. Most of the remains are around Peristyle A (P2), as...
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    are provided on the "GettyGuide" app. Outer Peristyle Outer Peristyle – architectural detail Inner Peristyle Gallery within the Villa The Lansdowne Herakles...
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    phases have been identified; the first phase involved the quadrangular peristyle and the facing rooms. The private bath complex was then added on a north-west...
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    Prospect Park, is also referred to as the Prospect Park Peristyle or Peristyle. The building, a peristyle with Corinthian columns, is situated near the southern...
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    end of the tablinum opens onto a large, open peristyle, or garden courtyard. To the right of the peristyle sits the drawing room, which, in the House of...
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    sea side. After passing through the tablinum, one arrived at the first peristyle, made up of ten columns on each side, with a swimming pool in the centre...
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    structures. The peristyle hall might have reflected the numbers of the 8 pillared propylaeum; There are 32 pillars (4 × 8) inside the peristyle hall, and 64 recessed...
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    whole of the palace. The Domus Flavia is built mainly around a large peristyle courtyard which was surrounded by many elaborate rooms of impressive height...
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    two levels. Features include fifteen classroom studios, a 1,750-seat Peristyle concert hall, a 176-seat lecture hall, a café and gift shop. The museum...
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    small house and one peristyle. According to Hoffmann, the Alexander exedra was not originally part of the layout of the first peristyle. Hoffmann has observed...
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    replaced some rooms on the side of the peristyle. A fountain and pool were also installed in the centre of the peristyle (A). In the south-east area of the...
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    replaced by a regular street grid, and imposing buildings in the form of peristyle houses were erected. The fleet was withdrawn around 145 BCE, and historic...
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    discovered behind the peristyle and two latrines and a garden were brought to light, while in the latter part of the great peristyle that looked directly...
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    to each side of the peristyle were installed in 2017, and replaced a scoreboard and video screen that towered over the peristyle dating back to 1983;...
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    in the centre, and a classical portico with Corinthian columns and a peristyle with a triangular pediment on the main façade. The design was modified...
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    core of the Trianon de porcelaine intact vetoed in favor of an open-air peristyle with a screen of red marble columns facing onto the garden. At least three...
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    and luxury, emulating both the Etruscan atrium house and Hellenistic peristyle house. The domus included multiple rooms, indoor courtyards, gardens and...
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    on the ground floor surrounded this peristyle. It was extended in the age of Claudius (AD 41–54) when peristyles with colonnaded porticoes extended out...
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    The Maitland Monument, also known as the Maitland Rotunda or the Peristyle of Maitland (Greek: Περιστύλιο του Μαίτλαντ), is a neoclassical monument located...
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    peristyle inspired by ancient Greek architecture, and its best features are the well-made polychrome Hellenistic style mosaics found in the peristyle...
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    named after a mosaic fountain adorned with shells at the rear of its peristyle. The property is immediately adjacent to the House of the Large Fountain...
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    tablinum. In the Augustan period the domus was substantially modified; a peristyle was built using the space from the demolition of the adjacent residential...
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    opening. The peristyle serves to buttress both the inner dome and the brick cone which rises internally to support the lantern. Above the peristyle rises the...
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    replica of the semicircle of paired Roman Doric-style columns (called a peristyle) that originally sat in this area of Grant Park, near Michigan Avenue...
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    houses retained a walled garden at the rear, which later often became a peristyle, a sort of cloister surrounded by rooms. Large rural properties were sometimes...
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    section of the imperial corridor in Diocletian's Palace that led from the Peristyle, which was once the formal entrance to the imperial apartments. Built...
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