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• Pediment — The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with sculptures This article is about the architectural element. For the landform, see Pediment (geology). A pediment is a classical architectural element… …   Wikipedia

• pediment — pedimental /ped euh men tl/, adj. pedimented /ped euh men tid, meuhn /, adj. /ped euh meuhnt/, n. 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall …   Universalium

• broken pediment — noun : a pediment frequent in the baroque style having a gap at the apex (as for a statue or vase) * * * Archit. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment …   Useful english dictionary

• broken pediment — Archit. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment. * * * …   Universalium

• broken pediment —    In architecture, a pediment, in which the cornice is discontinuous at the apex or the base …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Roman Baths (Bath) — Infobox Historic building caption=The entrance to the Roman Baths name=Roman Baths location town=Bath location country=England map type=Somerset latitude= 51.38094 longitude= 2.35950 architect=Building John Wood, the Elder, John Wood, the Younger …   Wikipedia

• Listed buildings in Runcorn, Cheshire — Runcorn has a number of listed buildings. [cite web |url=http://www2.halton.gov.uk/content/environment/planning/forwardplanning/listedconservationareas/listedbuildings?a=5441 |title=Listed Buildings in Halton |accessdate=2007 04 19… …   Wikipedia

• Renaissance architecture — Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. This small temple marks the place where St Peter was put to death …   Wikipedia

• Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Pantheon, Rome — The Pantheon (Latin Pantheon , [Rarely Pantheum . This rare usage appears in Pliny s Natural History (XXXVI.38) in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca …   Wikipedia

• Nereid Monument — The reconstructed façade of the monument in the British Museum The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia, close to present day Kinik in Antalya Province, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a …   Wikipedia