InClassical architecture, aperipteros (Ancient Greek:περίπτερος; seeperipterous) is a type ofancient Greek orRoman temple surrounded by aportico withcolumns. It is surrounded by acolonnade (pteron) on all four sides of thecella (naos), creating a four-sidedarcade, orperistyle (peristasis).[1] By extension, it also means simply the perimeter of a building (typically a classical temple), when that perimeter is made up of columns.[2] The term is frequently used of buildings in theDoric order.[2]
Theperipteros can be aportico, akiosk, or achapel. If it is made up of four columns, it is a tetrastyle; of six, hexastyle; of eight, octastyle; of ten, decastyle; and of twelve, dodecastyle.[1] If the columns arefitted into the wall instead of standing alone, the building is apseudoperipteros.[1][3]
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