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  • 51podium — noun (plural podiums or podia) Etymology: Latin more at pew Date: 1743 1. a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: as a. one around the arena of an ancient amphitheater serving as a base for the tiers of seats b. the masonry under the… …

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  • 52MODULE — s. m. T. d Architect. Mesure arbitraire servant à établir les rapports de proportion entre toutes les parties d un ouvrage d architecture. Le diamètre ou le demi diamètre du bas de la colonne sert ordinairement de module aux divers ordres.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 53MODULE — n. m. T. d’Architecture Mesure arbitraire servant à établir les rapports de proportion entre toutes les parties d’un ouvrage d’architecture. Le diamètre ou le demi diamètre du bas de la colonne sert ordinairement de module aux divers ordres. La… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 54List of architecture topics — This page aims to list all topics related to architecture. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… …

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  • 55Archaeoastronomy — (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how peoples in the past have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky and what role the sky played in their cultures. [Sinclair 2006:13] Clive Ruggles argues it… …

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  • 56Column — For other uses, see Column (disambiguation). National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C …

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  • 57Classical order — An illustration of the five orders engraved for the Encyclopédie, vol. 18, showing the Tuscan and Doric orders (top row); two versions of the Ionic order (center row); Corinthian and Composite orders (bottom row). A classical order is one of the… …

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  • 58Philippi — (in Greek polytonic|Φίλιπποι/ Philippoi ) was a city in eastern Macedonia, in northern ancient Greece, founded by Philip II in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest. The present municipality Filippoi is located near… …

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  • 59Second Bank of the United States — Infobox nrhp | name =Second Bank of the United States nrhp type =nhl caption =The south façade of the Second Bank of the United States in August 2006. location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania lat degrees = 39 | lat minutes = 56 | lat seconds = 54.86… …

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  • 60Ionic order — The Ionic order column forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky Tuscan order and the rich variant… …

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