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portico wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 types toggle types subsection 1 1 tetrastyle 1 2 hexastyle 1 2 1 greek hexastyle 1 2 2 roman hexastyle 1 3 octastyle 1 4 decastyle 2 gallery 3 see also 4 citations 5 general and cited references 6 external links toggle the table of contents portico 53 languages العربية azərbaycanca беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская български বাংলা català čeština dansk deutsch ελληνικά emiliàn e rumagnòl esperanto español eesti euskara فارسی suomi français galego עברית hrvatski bahasa indonesia ido italiano 日本語 ქართული қазақша 한국어 кыргызча latina lietuvių latviešu македонски nederlands norsk bokmål polski português română русский srpskohrvatski српскохрватски සිංහල simple english slovenčina slovenščina српски srpski svenska türkçe українська اردو oʻzbekcha ўзбекча vèneto 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia type of porch not to be confused with porticus or portego for other uses see portico disambiguation this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources portico news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2007 learn how and when to remove this message the portico of croome court in croome d abitot england temple diagram with location of the pronaos highlighted 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 porticos are sometimes topped with pediments palladio was a pioneer of using temple fronts for secular buildings in the uk the temple front applied to the vyne hampshire was the first portico applied to an english country house a pronaos uk p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ ɒ s or us p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ ə s is the inner area of the portico of a greek or roman temple situated between the portico s colonnade or walls and the entrance to the cella or shrine roman temples commonly had an open pronaos usually with only columns and no walls and the pronaos could be as long as the cella the word pronaos πρόναος is greek for before a temple in latin a pronaos is also referred to as an anticum or prodomus the pronaos of a greek and roman temple is typically topped with a pediment types edit the different variants of porticos are named by the number of columns they have the style suffix comes from the greek στῦλος column 1 in greek and roman architecture the pronaos of a temple is typically topped with a pediment 2 tetrastyle edit temple of portunus in rome with its tetrastyle portico of four ionic columns the tetrastyle has four columns it was commonly employed by the greeks and the etruscans for small structures such as public buildings and amphiprostyles the romans favoured the four columned portico for their pseudoperipteral temples like the temple of portunus and for amphiprostyle temples such as the temple of venus and roma and for the prostyle entrance porticos of large public buildings like the basilica of maxentius and constantine roman provincial capitals also manifested tetrastyle construction such as the capitoline temple in volubilis the north portico of the white house is perhaps the most notable four columned portico in the united states hexastyle edit hexastyle buildings had six columns and were the standard façade in canonical greek doric architecture between the archaic period 600 550 bce up to the age of pericles 450 430 bce greek hexastyle edit the hexastyle temple of concord at agrigentum c 430 bce some well known examples of classical doric hexastyle greek temples the group at paestum comprising the temple of hera c 550 bce the temple of apollo c 450 bce the first temple of athena basilica c 500 bce and the second temple of hera 460 440 bce the temple of aphaea at aegina c 495 bce temple e at selinus 465 450 bce dedicated to hera the temple of zeus at olympia now a ruin temple f or the so called temple of concordia at agrigentum c 430 bce one of the best preserved classical greek temples retaining almost all of its peristyle and entablature the unfinished temple at segesta c 430 bce the temple of hephaestus below the acropolis at athens long known as the theseum 449 444 bce also one of the most intact greek temples surviving from antiquity the temple of poseidon on cape sunium c 449 bce 3 hexastyle was also applied to ionic temples such as the prostyle porch of the sanctuary of athena on the erechtheum at the acropolis of athens roman hexastyle edit with the colonization by the greeks of southern italy hexastyle was adopted by the etruscans and subsequently acquired by the ancient romans roman taste favoured narrow pseudoperipteral and amphiprostyle buildings with tall columns raised on podiums for the added pomp and grandeur conferred by considerable height the maison carrée at nîmes france is the best preserved roman hexastyle temple surviving from antiquity octastyle edit the western side of the octastyle parthenon in athens octastyle buildings had eight columns they were considerably rarer than the hexastyle ones in the classical greek architectural canon the best known octastyle buildings surviving from antiquity are the parthenon in athens built during the age of pericles 450 430 bce and the pantheon in rome 125 ce the destroyed temple of divus augustus in rome the centre of the augustan cult is shown on roman coins of the 2nd century ce as having been built in octastyle decastyle edit the decastyle has ten columns as in the temple of apollo didymaeus at miletus and the portico of university college london 1 the only known roman decastyle portico is on the temple of venus and roma built by hadrian in about 130 ce 4 gallery edit short visual history of porticos ancient egyptian portico of the mastaba of seshemnefer iv giza pyramid complex egypt minoan portico of the knossos palace crete greece ancient greek portico with ionic columns of the temple of athena nike athens greece etruscan portico of a temple model now in national etruscan museum of villa giulia rome ancient roman portico of the maison carrée nîmes france islamic portico of the great mosque of kairouan kairouan tunisia indian portico of the sanchi temple 17 sanchi india chinese portico of the forbidden city beijing china romanesque portico of the abbey of santo domingo de silos santo domingo de silos 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 porticos of the louvre colonnade paris louis xvi portico of the théâtre de la reine part of the petit trianon france neoclassical portico of the palais de la légion d honneur paris empire style portico of the palais bourbon paris romanian revival portico of the ștefan lilovici house bucharest the portico of san luca in bologna italy which is possibly the world s longest 5 elevations showing the north and south porticos of the white house see also edit classical architecture architectural style inspired by classical greco roman architectural principles cloister open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries gatehouse entry control building gate tower entry control building pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets hypostyle hall with a roof supported by columns loggia covered exterior gallery one side open outline of classical architecture portal architecture access opening in a wall of a structure porte cochère roofed shelter outside a doorway stoa covered walkway in ancient greece veranda roofed open air hallway or porch citations edit 1 2 chisholm hugh ed 1911 decastyle encyclopædia britannica vol 7 11th ed cambridge university press p 910 gates charles 2013 ancient cities the archaeology of urban life in the ancient near east and egypt greece and rome new york taylor and francis p 209 isbn 9781134676620 w burkert greek religion 1987 sturgis russell 1901 decastyle a dictionary of architecture and building biographical historical and descriptive vol 1 macmillan p 755 isbn 978 0 7222 2967 5 cite book isbn date incompatibility help 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 general and cited references edit greek architecture encyclopædia britannica 1968 nünnerich asmus annette 1994 basilika und portikus die architektur der säulenhallen als ausdruck gewandelter urbanität in später republik und früher kaiserzeit basilica and portico the architecture of colonnaded halls as an expression of changing urbanity in the late republic and early imperial period cologne böhlau isbn 3 412 09593 1 stierlin henri 2004 angelika taschen ed greece from mycenae to the parthenon cologne taschen isbn 3 8228 1225 0 stierlin henri 2002 silvia kinkle ed the roman empire from the etruscans to the decline of the roman empire cologne taschen isbn 3 8228 1778 3 external links edit look up portico in wiktionary the free dictionary v t e rooms and spaces of a house shared rooms bonus room common room den dining room family room garret great room home cinema keeping 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