{{Short description|Protruding part of a building}} {{Italic title}} [[File:Le chateau de Maisons Laffitte 2009.jpg|thumb|The garden façade of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte with three ''avant-corps'', an arrangement typical of French Baroque châteaux]] [[Image:Mainz Osteiner Hof BW 2012-08-18 16-39-22.jpg|thumb|The Osteiner Hof in Mainz with three avant-corps]]
An '''''avant-corps''''' ({{langx|it|avancorpo}} or {{lang|it|risalto}}, plural {{lang|it|risalti}}, {{langx|de|Risalit}}, {{langx|pl|ryzalit}}), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than other parts of the building.<ref>Gérard Fontaine, ''Charles Garnier's Opéra'' (Paris, 2000), p. 88.</ref><ref>Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture'', 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 52. {{ISBN|978-0-19-860678-9}}.</ref> It is common in façades in French Baroque architecture.
Particularly in German architecture, a corner ''Risalit'' is where two wings meet at right angles. Baroque three-winged constructions often incorporate a median ''Risalit'' in a main hall or a stairwell, such as in Weißenstein Palace and the {{Ill|Roßleben Convent School|de|Klosterschule Roßleben}}.
==Sources== ''Much of the text of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article retrieved on 18 March 2006.'' {{Reflist}}
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