Arcade (architecture)

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An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. In a gothic cathedral the arcade is the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory.

Notable arcades

• Burlington Arcade, London
• Cardiff city arcades, Cardiff
• Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio
• Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
• Galleria Subalpina, Turin
• Galleria Umberto I, Naples
• Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island
• Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Autonomous Community, Spain
• The Arcade, Redhill, Surrey, England
• Royal Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
• Block Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
• Paddock Arcade, Watertown, New York
• Royal Arcade, Norwich, England
• The Strand Arcade Sydney N.S.W., Australia

Websites About Arcades

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