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Definition of Propylaea

Propylaea
Propylaeum Prop`y*l[ae]"um, n.; pl. Propyl[ae]a. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? before + ? a gate.] (Anc. Classical Arch.) Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.

Meaning of Propylaea from wikipedia

- example is the propylaea that served as the entrance to the Acropolis of Athens. The Gr**** Revival Brandenburg Gate of Berlin and the Propylaea in Munich both...
- The Propylaea (German: Propyläen) is a city gate in Munich at the west side of Königsplatz. The building, constructed in Doric order, was completed by...
- Propylaea may refer to: Propylaea (Acropolis of Athens) Propylaea (Munich) Propylaea (sculpture) Propylaea (University of Athens) The Propylaeum This disambiguation...
- a majestic portico characterized by a long colonnade and two imposing propylaea, one dedicated to the "unity of the homeland", and the other to the "freedom...
- remains are the site's most important ones, including the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike. The Parthenon and the...
- The Propylaea of the Akropolis in Athens: The Project of Mnesikles. Amsterdam: J C Gieben. Dinsmoor, W. B. (1910). "The Gables of the Propylaea at Athens"...
- right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the Victory Sanctuary was...
- Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio. In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters...
- Vittoriano is 70 meters high (81 meters if the crowning quadrigas of the two propylaea are included), 135 meters wide, 130 meters deep, occupies an area of 17...
- Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea on square pedestals, in Rome itself they were emplo**** only to give greater...