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Landscape gardens

Grounds laid out so as to produce the effect of natural scenery.

Lattices

Networks of small light bars of wood, metal, or other material crossing at regular intervals, usually diagonally.

Lawns

Areas of cultivated grass or other ground cover maintained for aesthetic quality or recreation.

Limonaias

Within an Italian garden, a walled garden filled with potted lemon trees.

Locus amoenus

The Latin term for a pleasant and delightful place; used in antiquity and the Renaissance to signify a rural or garden retreat of distinctive beauty.

Loggias

Covered, roomlike spaces, open to the outdoors usually through arcades or colonnades; may be contained within or adjacent to buildings.

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