colonnade

(kŏl'ə-nād')

1. A series of columns placed at regular intervals.
2. A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals.

[French, alteration of colonnate, from Italian colonnato, from colonna, column, from Latin columna.]

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A number of columns arranged in order, at intervals called intercolumniation, supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.

colonnade

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• Ornamental and Structural Parts - colonnade: series of columns at regular intervals
• Structural and Decorative Elements - colonnade: series of columns at regular intervals
• Classical Elements and Design - colonnade: series of columns at regular intervals

For other uses, see Colonnade (disambiguation).

In classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.^[1]

When in front of a building, screening the door (Latin porta), it is called a portico, when enclosing an open court, a peristyle. A portico may be more than one rank of columns deep, as at the Pantheon in Rome or the stoae of Ancient Greece. 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 in Washington, D.C.) can be termed a colonnade.^[2]

At the British Museum porticos are continued along the front as a colonnade. In U.S. sports stadiums, there are several famous examples of colonnades, including: Harvard Stadium in Boston, whose entire horseshoe-shaped stadium is topped by one, the two twin sets on either side of Soldier Field in Chicago (although these are no longer visible from inside the stadium as of the 2004 renovations), and Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois, which are located on the façade of the grandstands on either side of the field, and the University of Virginia's former American Football stadium Lambeth Field has colonnades that wrap around the top of the bleachers. According to Emporis, the New York State Education Building in Albany, New York has the longest colonnade in the United States, with 36 Corinthian columns.^[3]

Notable colonnades

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  Colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.

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  Ancient colonnade in Baalbeck, Lebanon.

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  Ancient colonnade in Ephesus.

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  Colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

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  Perrault's Colonnade in Paris.

References

1. ^ Colonnade from Encyclopædia Britannica
2. ^ Student Resource Glossary
3. ^ New York State Department of Education Building. Emporis. Retrieved on 2009-5-23.

See also

• balustrade

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Common misspelling(s) of colonnade

• collonade

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kolonnade, søjlegang

Nederlands (Dutch)
zuilengang, bomenrij

Français (French)
n. - colonnade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Säulengang, Kolonnade

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κιονοστοιχία, περιστύλιο

Italiano (Italian)
colonnato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colunata (f) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
колоннада

Español (Spanish)
n. - columnata, galería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kolonnad (arkit.), allé

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
柱廊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 柱廊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지붕을 바치는 열주, 가로수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 列柱, 柱廊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صف من الأعمدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אכסדרה, שורת עמודים, סטיו‬

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