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Glossary: Domes

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Domes

Structural elements, usually resembling spheres or portions of spheres, exerting equal thrust in all directions.

Doric order

Architectural order characterized by columns generally without bases, relatively simple capitals, and a frieze composed of alternating triglyphs and metopes.

Dovecotes

Birdhouses, often quite large, for doves or pigeons, usually having small interior niches to facilitate nesting and breeding.

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