peristyle in English

noun
1
a row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.
This form, upon which our modern atria are based, was enclosed on all sides by buildings with roofs sloping to a columned peristyle or walkway around a courtyard.

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1. Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room (triclinium), often with a view of the peristyle garden.

2. The Roman-style Outer Peristyle is the largest garden at the Villa, and is adorned with hedge-lined pathways and circular stone benches.

3. Entrance to the peristyle is via the atrium from the W., with the thermal baths to the NW., service rooms and probably guest rooms to the N., private apartments and a huge basilica to the E., and rooms of unknown purpose to the S. Somewhat detached, almost as an afterthought, is the separate area to the S. with the elliptical peristyle, service rooms and a huge triclinium.circa 3 km.