Glossary · G
Grotto
Also called grottoes, grottos, grotta
An artificial cave in a garden, lined with tufa, shells, pebbles and coloured stones and often fitted with fountains, statues and water tricks.
See also: Nymphaeum
Rules that use the word
The villa garden: porticoes, grottoes, evergreens in rows. Give the villa garden porticoes for sun and for shade, grottoes made in imitation of nature with tufa and shells, evergreens planted in straight rows at equal distances, and hedges of box; set vines on columns over the walks.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.
A feature of Italian Renaissance garden, Mannerism architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Gong · Gopuram · Groin · Groin vault · Guldasta · Guttae · Ha-ha · Half-timbering