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Abacus- Marble on top of a column
Parapet- a barrier which extends off of a wall at the edge of a roof like a balcony, terrace, and etc
Finial- decorative feature; element at the top of some object
Rustification- Feature that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished squared-block masonry surfaces called ashlar.
Bas-relief- Sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they are only slightly higher than the background.
Pointed Arch- arch that is pointed at the top.
Fenestration- the presence of windows or doors lined up.
Corinthian Capital- Most ornate capital among the three different types.
Rose Window- circular window
Post-and-lintel- horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical column.
Façade- one exterior side of a building, usually, at the front.
Terracotta- a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic.
Ionic Capital- the most thin and small columns out of the three canonic orders and uses volutes.
Engaged Columns- a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall.
Dome- an element of architecture that resembles the upper half of a sphere.
Rotunda- any building with a circular ground plan, sometimes covered by a dome.
Mausoleum- an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing a burial chamber.
Base- the lower part of a complete architectural design.
Stylobate- the stepped platform on which colonnade of temple columns are placed.
Volute- spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the ionic order.
Colonnette- a small column.
Portico- a porch leading to the entrance of a building.
Colonnade- long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.
Architrave- the lowest division of an entablature resting in classical architecture immediately on the capital of the column.
Cornice- any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or element.
Frieze- the wide central...

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