Words similar to portico

Example sentences for: portico

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At the top of the hill, on Rua da Igreja, is Igreja Matriz, a charming 16th-century church, with a delicately carved Manueline portico, perhaps the finest on the Algarve.
Their portico protected the tomb of Cecrops, the mythical founder of Athens.
The Sé’s unusual cathedral tower, main portico, and two interior chapels are all that remain of the original 13th-century Gothic building.
The carved portico is especially fine, with a statue of Our Lady of Mercy under a canopy.
Just down the hill, off Rua Galeria near the river, is the beautiful 16th-century Igreja da Misericórdia (Church of Mercy), a spectacular Renaissance edifice with a carved portico.