The house features an atrium with a rectangular peristyle and a covered corridor, the roof of which is supported by columns with Doric capitals.
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Peristyle
/ˈpɛɹəstaɪl/
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6 entriescorporate peristylegarden peristylehouse peristylepublic building peristyletemple peristyleuniversity peristyle
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6 entriesGreek peristyleRoman peristylegarden peristylehouse peristyleperistyle courtyardtemple peristyle
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Amelia is in the peristyle with Marcus, Quintus and Julia.
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He cast a hasty glance around. Fortunately, there were no guests under the peristyle, and only two men, out of earshot, in the pinacotheca.
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One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings.
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