distyle
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Neoclassical chapel shaped as a Roman distyle temple with Doric order|Doric columns In classical architecture, a distyle is a small temple-like structure with two columns to the sides of the entrance, forming a porch. By extension, a distyle can also mean a distyle in antis, the original design of the Greek temple, where two columns are set between two antae.
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thumb|upright|Neoclassical chapel shaped as a Roman distyle temple with Doric order|Doric columns In classical architecture, a distyle is a small temple-like structure with two columns to the sides of the entrance, forming a porch. By extension, a distyle can also mean a distyle in antis, the original design of the Greek temple, where two columns are set between two antae.
File:Hellenistic Money box in shape of a temple from Priene Antikensammlung Berlin.jpg|Hellenistic money box in the shape of a temple
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