colonnade
noun
col·on·nade
ˌkä-lə-ˈnād 
: a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure
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A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
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Many people walked with care around the colonnades flanking this historic piazza.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
According to a report by French daily Le Monde, translated in the New York Times, Louvre director Laurence des Cars has called for the new entrance to merge with the surrounding architecture, that being the seventeenth-century colonnade of the museum’s eastern façade, near the Seine River.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 July 2025
The living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
Discernment, deepening faith Loyola University Chicago student Caleb Ham strolled past the iconic 84-foot-high Vatican Obelisk in the center of St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, surrounded by the site’s iconic elliptical colonnades, which represent the Catholic Church embracing humanity.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
According to a report by French daily Le Monde, translated in the New York Times, Louvre director Laurence des Cars has called for the new entrance to merge with the surrounding architecture, that being the seventeenth-century colonnade of the museum’s eastern façade, near the Seine River.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 July 2025
The living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
Discernment, deepening faith Loyola University Chicago student Caleb Ham strolled past the iconic 84-foot-high Vatican Obelisk in the center of St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, surrounded by the site’s iconic elliptical colonnades, which represent the Catholic Church embracing humanity.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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“Colonnade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colonnade. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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colonnade
noun
col·on·nade
ˌkäl-ə-ˈnād
: an evenly spaced row of columns usually supporting the base of a roof structure
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