peristyle|peristyles in English

noun

[per·i·style || 'perɪstaɪl]

row of columns forming an enclosure or supporting a roof; row of columns; series of columns surrounding a temple

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1. The rooms are all grouped around one or more peristyles.

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

3. The interior spaces were divided by peristyles bearing classical statuary, while other statues stood in the round-arched window spaces.

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

5. 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.