Questions tagged [architecture]
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Does Fontana di Trevi have a Latin name?
Fontana di Trevi is a fountain in Rome, built in 1762.
Does it have a (trustworthy) Latin name?
The Latin Wikipedia page uses the name Fontana Trebii, but no reference is given.
This name appears to ...
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How to translate piazza?
I am looking for a Latin translation of the Italian word "piazza".
Specifically, I would like to have a Latin word to describe the various piazze in today's Rome.
I have found a couple of ...
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Term for urban planning?
So while there is a plethora of words regarding features of urban planning in Latin, is there an actual term or phrase for the act of planning a city? "Urbs designans" and "inventio urbica" seem like ...
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How was Trajan's comic called?
Trajan's column contains a famous spiral relief.
The relief is organized into panels — there are no lines for panel boundaries, but the composition makes the panel structure quite clear.
The ...
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What is the difference between aula and atrium?
When researching for the living room question and the question that inspired it, I came across some dictionary definitions of aula and atrium.
Aula is a Greek thing and atrium is Roman, but otherwise ...
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What is "living room" in Latin?
I would like to find a good Latin word for "living room".
I know some options, but my list might not be complete and I am not sure what is the best choice.
It may well be that different words are ...
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Did the Romans have a Latin name for their domestic peristylia?
A typical upper- and probably also middle-class Roman house in the classical age contained a peristylium or peristylum, or so I was told. I wonder why they used a Greek word for such a standard Roman ...
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