Definition of Hexastyle. Meaning of Hexastyle. Synonyms of Hexastyle

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Definition of Hexastyle

Hexastyle
Hexastyle Hex"a*style, a. [Gr. ? with six columns; "e`x six + column: cf. F. hexastyle.] (Arch.) Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple. -- n. A hexastyle portico or temple.

Meaning of Hexastyle from wikipedia

- best-preserved Roman hexastyle temple surviving from antiquity. Octastyle buildings had eight columns; they were considerably rarer than the hexastyle ones in the...
- like those of the Temple on the Ilissus in Athens.(Figure 4.) Peripteral hexastyle describes a temple with a single row of peripheral columns around the...
- The Maison Carrée at Nîmes with its cella offset behind the hexastyle portico...
- The Temple of Augustus and Livia is a Roman peripteral sine postico hexastyle Corinthian temple built at the beginning of the 1st century, which was in...
- The Gr**** hexastyle portico of the General Post Office, completed in 1818. The royal coat of arms, similar to those at King's Inns and the Irish Houses...
- Chiswick House, London, an example of English landscape garden Gr**** hexastyle portico of the General Post Office, Dublin completed in 1818 The Custom...
- Roma following the fire in 307 AD. Roma holding globe and sceptre seated within hexastyle temple with shield on the ground is depicted on the reverse....
- The Maison Carrée at Nîmes, a hexastyle pseudoperipteral Roman temple...
- the upper three stories, a stone balustrade, and a shallow pedimented hexastyle portico. It served as the courthouse until 1974 when it became part of...
- temple-form structure. It is five-bays wide and five-bays deep and features a hexastyle Ionic order portico. The building has a two-story rear ell. It was listed...