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1. Square or rectangular pier formed by the thickening of the end of a wall, e.g. in Greek temples, where the side-walls or pteromata terminate. When porticoes were formed by carrying the side-walls out beyond the front wall of the naos and placing columns in a line between the antae, the columns, portico, and temple are described as in antis. Greek antae can have capitals and bases differing from those of the Order proper, unlike Roman pilasters, which are usually identical to the columns save for having rectangular plans. Furthermore, antae have either very slight or no entasis, and therefore have parallel sides.

2. Another term for an antepagmentum.

• Windows, Walls, and Facades - anta: support pier formed by thickening end of wall

Anta may refer to:

Contents 1 Architecture 2 Biology 3 Business 4 People 5 Places 5.1 Peru 5.2 Portugal 6 Other

Architecture

• Anta (architecture)

Biology

• Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil
• South American Tapir, known in Brazilian Portuguese as anta

Business

• Anta Sports - Chinese sportswear manufacturer

People

• Anta Niang (First Plus Sized African Model In The Us. www.antavenues.com/supermodelanta/)
• Anta Livitsanou (Greek actress)

Places

Peru

• Anta, Ancash (village in Anta District, Carhuaz Province, Ancash Region, Peru)
• Anta Province (Peru)
• Anta District (disambiguation), several districts in Peru

Portugal

• Anta (Espinho), a civil parish of the municipality of Espinho

Other

• American National Theater and Academy (ANTA)

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