Vocabulary of essential terms by topic
Architecture / L'Architettura
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| ENGLISH | ITALIAN |
|---|---|
| aisle | la navata laterale |
| apse | l'abside |
| arch | l'arco |
| atrium | l'atrio |
| basilica | la basilica |
| capital | il capitello |
| column | la colonna |
| Corinthian column | la colonna corinzia |
| entablature | la trabeazione |
| Etruscan temple | il tempio etrusco |
| gargoyle | il doccione |
| Greek theater | il teatro greco |
| Ionic column | la colonna ionica |
| nave | la navata centrale |
| pediment | il timpano |
| peristyle | il peristilio |
| pillar | il pilastro |
| portico | il porticato |
| proscenium | il proscenio |
| rose window | il rosone |
| statue | la statua |
| stele | la stele |
| temple | il tempio |
| triglyph | il triglifo |
| vault | la volta |
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