Portico

A portico is a Greek style porch.

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Ancient Egyptian portico of the Mastaba of Seshemnefer IV (Giza pyramid complex, Egypt)
Minoan portico of the Knossos Palace (Crete, Greece)
Ancient Greek portico with Ionic columns of the Temple of Athena Nike (Athens, Greece)
The Portico of San Luca in Bologna, Italy, which is possibly the world's longest.[1]
Ancient Roman portico of the Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France)
Islamic portico of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (Kairouan, Tunisia)
Indian portico of the Sanchi Temple 17 (Sanchi, India)
Chinese portico of the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Romanesque portico of the Church of San Miguel (Sotosalbos, Spain)
Gothic portico of the Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)
Brâncovenesc portico of the Stavropoleos Church (Bucharest, Romania)
Renaissance portico of the Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Baroque portico of the Church of the Val-de-Grâce (Paris)

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