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    per·i·style
    [ˈperəˌstīl]
    noun
    architecture
    peristyle (noun) · peristyles (plural noun)
    1. a row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.
      • an architectural space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
    Origin
    early 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- ‘around’ + stulos ‘pillar’.
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    In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard. Tetrastoön (τετράστῳον/τετράστοον, tetrástōion/tetrástoon, 'four arcades') is a rarely used archaic term for this feature. The peristyle in a Greek … See more

    The Greek word περίστυλον perístylon is composed of περί peri, "around" or "surrounded", and στῦλος stylos, "column" or "pillar", together … See more

    In rural settings, a wealthy Roman could surround a villa with terraced gardens but often included a peristyle with the design; in a See more

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    Cyclostyle (monopteros): a ring of columns
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    Barbara McManus, "The Peristylium": a reconstruction of a peristyle See more

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    Although ancient Egyptian architecture predates Greek and Roman architecture, historians frequently use the Greek term peristyle to describe similar, earlier structures in See more

    1. ^ J. A. Dickmann. "The peristyle and the transformation of domestic space in Hellenistic Pompeii", Journal of Roman Archeology 1997.
    2. ^ A. Frazer, "Modes of European Courtyard Design before the Medieval Cloister" Gesta, … See more

     
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