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Colonnade

In classical architecture

Classical architecture

Classical architecture is the set of building styles and techniques of Classical Greece, as used in ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman empire....
, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of column

Column

File:National Capitol Columns - Washington, D.C..jpgA column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through physical compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below....
s joined by their entablature

Entablature

An entablature refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capital . Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture, and are commonly divided into the architrave—the supporting member carried from column to column, pier or wall immediately above; the frieze&md...
, often free-standing, as in the famous elliptically curving colonnades that Bernini added to the façade of The apostel Peter's Basilica in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, which embrace and define the Piazza

Piazza

When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
. Compare the sequence of baluster forms that go to make a balustrade.

A colonnade of single columns is often termed a screen. When in front of a building, screening the door (Latin porta), it is called a portico

Portico

A portico is a porch that is 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....
, when enclosing an open court, a peristyle

Peristyle

In Architecture of ancient Greece and Roman architecture a peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building that surrounds a court that may contain an internal garden....
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In classical architecture

Classical architecture

Column

Entablature

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, which embrace and define the Piazza

Piazza

Portico

Peristyle

In Architecture of ancient Greece and Roman architecture a peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building that surrounds a court that may contain an internal garden....
. A portico may be more than one rank of columns deep, as at the Pantheon

Pantheon, Rome

The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt circa 126 AD during Hadrian's reign....
in Rome or the stoae

Stoa

Stoa in Architecture of Ancient Greece; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. Early stoae were open at the entrance with columns lining the side of the building, creating an enveloping, protective atmosphere and were usually of Doric order....
of Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
. Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade, but the porch of columns that surrounds a peripteral Classical temple (such as the Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
) can be termed a colonnade. Since the largest number of columns across the front of a classical temple front is normally eight (constituting an octastyle temple), it might be argued that a colonnade must have more than eight pairs. Certainly the proportions of a colonnade require that it be more than twice as long as it is tall.

At the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million Object , are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present....
porticos are continued along the front as a colonnade. In American sports, there are several famous examples of colonnades, including: Harvard Stadium

Harvard Stadium

Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped American football stadium in the Allston, Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States....
in Boston, whose entire horseshoe-shaped stadium is topped by one, the two twin sets on either side of Soldier Field

Soldier Field

Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, and is currently home to the National Football League's Chicago Bears. It reopened on September 29, 2003 after a complete rebuild ....
in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
(although these are no longer visible from inside the stadium as of the 2004 renovations), and Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium (Champaign)

Memorial Stadium is a American football stadium located in Champaign, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....
at the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
, which are located on the façade of the grandstands on either side of the field, and the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
's former American Football stadium Lambeth Field has colonnades that wrap around the top of the bleachers.