portico

     

A portico is a porch that is leaing to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea first appeared in Ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.

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  • A walkway or porch with a roof supported by columns, it's featured in Greek architecture
  • From the Latin for porch, it's a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an architectural graphic on the monitor.) The colonnaded entranceway is called the porch or this related longer word
  • From the Latin for "gate", it's often an entryway consisting of a roof supported by columns
  • From the Latin for "gate", it's often an entryway consisting of a roof supported by columns
  • From the Latin for "gate", it's a columned entranceway

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