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arcades

noun

plural of arcade

as in cloisters

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Recent Examples of arcades Though some arcades only have regular claw machines, the Pians' arcade has many different ways to play. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025

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Walk leisurely through the cloisters, sit on the terrace, and finish with a walk through Tryon Park.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Several portraits in medallions high on the walls of the cloisters show decapitated Dominican Friars who worked as inquisitors with just a stump for a neck and their heads held in their hands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

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Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
The carousel included snaps from all over Italy as the trio made their way through outdoor piazzas, the Vatican, art galleries in Milan, the Colosseum, and the canals of Venice.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

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