Ornaments (architecture)

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Kokoshnik in architecture

Kokoshnik (Russian: кокошник) is a semicircular or keel-like exterior decorative element in the traditional Russian architecture, a type of corbel…

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Atlas in architecture

In classical European architecture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes) is a support…

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Antefix

An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of a tiled…

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