The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · P

Pronaos

The porch in front of a temple’s cella, enclosed by the side walls and usually opened by two columns in antis.

See also: Cella

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Temple.

Nearby in the glossary

Prairie style · Prakara · Prasat · Primitive hut · Prostyle · Protome · Pseudisodomum · Pseudoperipteral