Arcade (architecture)
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An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. In a gothic cathedral the arcade is the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory.
[edit] Notable arcades
- Burlington Arcade, London
- Cardiff city arcades, Cardiff
- Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio
- Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
- Galleria Subalpina, Turin
- Galleria Umberto I, Naples
- Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island
- Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Autonomous Community, Spain
- The Arcade, Redhill, Surrey, England
- Royal Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
- Block Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
- Paddock Arcade, Watertown, New York
- Royal Arcade, Norwich, England
- The Strand Arcade Sydney N.S.W., Australia
[edit] Websites About Arcades
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