exedra

(noun)

A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.

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Examples of exedra in the following topics:

  • Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

    • Both appear to have a set of exedra on either side.
    • A portion of them are shaped into a large exedra, framing one of the exedra of the forum.

  • Florence in the Late 1400s

    • The dome, the lantern (built 1446–ca.1461), and the exedra (built 1439-1445) occupied most of Brunelleschi's life.

  • Architecture in the Early Byzantine Empire

    • At the western entrance side and eastern liturgical side are arched openings extended by half domes of identical diameter to the central dome, carried on smaller semi-domed exedras.

  • Roman Architecture under the Republic

    • The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina (c. 120 BCE), Italy is a massive temple structure built into the hillside in first century BCE in a series of terraces, exedras, and porticoes.