Portico

A portico is a Greek style porch.

Gallery

Short visual history of porticos

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  Ancient Egyptian portico of the Mastaba of Seshemnefer IV (Giza pyramid complex, Egypt)
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  Minoan portico of the Knossos Palace (Crete, Greece)
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  Ancient Greek portico with Ionic columns of the Temple of Athena Nike (Athens, Greece)
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  The Portico of San Luca in Bologna, Italy, which is possibly the world's longest.^[1]
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  Ancient Roman portico of the Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France)
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  Islamic portico of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (Kairouan, Tunisia)
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  Indian portico of the Sanchi Temple 17 (Sanchi, India)
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  Chinese portico of the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
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  Romanesque portico of the Church of San Miguel (Sotosalbos, Spain)
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  Gothic portico of the Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)
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  Brâncovenesc portico of the Stavropoleos Church (Bucharest, Romania)
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  Renaissance portico of the Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
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  Baroque portico of the Church of the Val-de-Grâce (Paris)

Related pages

• Classical architecture
• Cloister
• Gatehouse
• Hypostyle
• Stoa
• Veranda

References

1. 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.