Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Encyclopedias
Colonnade
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
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).
Sources
ANDERSON AND SPIERS. The Architecture of Greece and Rome (London, 1903); GWILT, Encyclopedia of Architecture (London, 1881).
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
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.
