The Textbook of Architecture

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Pseudoperipteral

A temple that seems to be surrounded by columns but whose side and rear columns are engaged in the cella walls, like the Maison Carrée at Nîmes.

See also: Peripteral

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Temple.

Nearby in the glossary

Pronaos · Prostyle · Protome · Pseudisodomum · Purlin · Pycnostyle · Pylon · Pyramid