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Example sentences for: courtyards

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Of the many halls, pavilions, and temples linked by broad courtyards, the most important is the Thousand Buddha Hall (dating back to 1588), with its fresco of monks engaging in battle.
Built in 1306, the complex was long part of the Imperial College (Guozi Jian), and its courtyards teem with scores of carved stone tablets honoring students who passed the nationwide civil service examinations from the time of Kublai Khan.
The oldest church in the town lies just above here on top of the hill, affording a perfect vantage point from which to peer down into the tiny gardens and courtyards and across the town’s venerable rooftops.
The outer courtyards of Shaolin contain other unusual treasures.
The nearby Museo de Arte Colonial (Calle Plácido Sur, 74) is an 18th-century palace with two peaceful courtyards and a succession of grandly furnished rooms suffused with a gentle light entering through stained-glass windows.