1. Montferrand's design was criticised by some members of the commission for the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pedimented octastyle porticos.

2. Bologna is famed for having the oldest university in the Western world, a lively student population, exquisite food, typical brick terracotta-roofed architecture and porticos, theatre and nightlife

3. Six Caryatides, or marble women, clad in flowing robes, support the portico of the Temple of Hercules, but the porticos and colonnades of the other structures are formed of massive Doric and Ionic pillars, whose flutings and capitals are still measurably perfect, notwithstanding the centuries that have gone over them and the sieges they have suffered.

4. [The waqf includes] all of the boundaries encompassing the madrasah located outside the city of Kabul(54) comprising numerous buildings, several classrooms [darskhanah]; a mosque [masjid] with two Adjoining student apartments [hajrah]; a hallway [dalan] of the madrasah and domed porticos [taqha-yi darun], an elaborate entry arch [pishtaq] and a ledge [suffah] in front of the madrasah door; a