Portico
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A portico is a porch leading 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 was widely used in an
The portico of Croome Court in Croome D'Abitot (England)
Temple of Portunus in Rome, with its tetrastyle portico of four Ionic columns
The hexastyle Temple of Concord at Agrigentum (c. 430 BCE)
The western side of the octastyle Parthenon in Athens
Porte-cochère
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A porte-cochère is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street or a covered porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a bui
Portico
…Portal (architecture) – Access opening in a wall of a structure Porte-cochère – Roofed shelter outside a doorway Stoa – Covered walkway in ancient Greece…
A modern example at a hospital
The Hôtel Hesselin in Paris (built 1642)
The Lockwood–Mathews Mansion (built 1864)
The Briarcliff Lodge (built 1902)