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A number of columns symmetrically arranged in one or more rows. It is termed monostyle when of one row, polystyle when of many. If surrounding a building or court, it is called a peristyle; when projecting beyond the line of the building a portico. Sometimes it supports a building, sometimes a roof only. For ecclesiastical architecture the most famous specimen is the colonnade of St. Peter's, erected 1665-67 by Bernini, with 284 columns and 162 statues of saints on balustrades (see BERNINI).
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ANDERSON AND SPIERS. The Architecture of Greece and Rome (London, 1903); GWILT, Encyclopedia of Architecture (London, 1881).
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Colonnade'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/colonnade.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Colonnade'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/colonnade.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
