# Pteron

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{{short description|External colonnade around a building, common in Classical architecture}}
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thumb | right | Pteron of the Parthenon
In [Classical architecture](/source/Classical_architecture), a '''''pteron''''' ({{langx|grc|πτερον}}, '[wing](/source/wing)') is an external [colonnade](/source/colonnade) around a building, especially an [Ancient Greek temple](/source/Ancient_Greek_temple).<ref>[Lawrence, A. W.](/source/A._W._Lawrence), ''Greek Architecture'', p. xxxi, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art; FHP, 254</ref> The ''[pteroma](/source/pteroma)'' or ''[peristasis](/source/Peristasis_(architecture))'' is the passage between the columns and the wall in a temple,<ref>FHP, 254</ref> the [peristyle](/source/peristyle) that in an inward-facing courtyard or garden.<ref>FHP, 240</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*"FHP": [John Fleming](/source/John_Fleming_(art_historian)), [Hugh Honour](/source/Hugh_Honour) and [Nikolaus Pevsner](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner), ''The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture'', 3rd edn, 1980, Penguin, ISBN 0140510133

Category:Colonnades
Category:Ancient Roman architectural elements

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