A portico is a porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.

Some famous examples of porticos are the East Portico of the United States Capitol, and the portico adorning the Pantheon in Rome.

The temple-front portico applied to The Vyne, Hampshire was the first applied to an English country house.

Bologna, Italy, is very famous for its porticos. In total, there are over 45 kilometres of arcades, some 38 in the city center. The longest portico in the world, about 3.5 km, leads from the edge of the city up to San Luca Basilica.

See also

• Classical architecture
• List of classical architecture terms
• Loggia
• Opisthodomos
• Pronaos
• Italianate

Architectural elements

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