Definition of Monopteral. Meaning of Monopteral. Synonyms of Monopteral

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Definition of Monopteral

Monopteral
Monopteral Mo*nop"ter*al, a. [Gr. ? with a row of pillars only; mo`nos alone, only + ? feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monopt[`e]re.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

Meaning of Monopteral from wikipedia

- (from the Gr**** words for "circle" and "column"). The adjectives are monopteral and cyclostylar. In Baroque and Neoclassical architecture, a monopteros...
- Temple of the Sibyl (in Polish, Świątynia Sybilli) is a colonnaded round monopteral temple-like structure at Puławy, Poland, built at the turn of the 19th...
- cities. Vitruvius notes Hermogenes of Priene as the architect of the monopteral temple of Dionysus at Teos. The modern village of Sığacık is situated...
- significance of the Maiden Porch. ****eon has argued that it served as a monopteral heroön to the tomb of Kekrops. Scholl has argued that the korai are mourners...
- The Temple of Roma and Augustus was a monopteral circular Ionic temple built on the Acropolis of Athens c. 19 BCE, likely coincident with Augustus' second...