PERISTYLE

Peristyle

In Hellenistic Greek and Roman architecture a peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building surrounding a court that may contain an internal garden. Tetrastoon is another name for this feature. In the Christian ecclesiastical architecture that developed from Roman precedents, a basilica, such as Old St Peter's in Rome, would stand behind a peristyle forecourt that sheltered it from the street. In time the cloister developed from the peristyle.

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peristyle

Noun

  1. colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc.
  2. A courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade.
  3. A porch surrounded by columns.


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