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The western façade, giving onto the parvis, the open area before the cathedral, was not completed until around 1240, and the upper gallery of the nave and the two towers on the west façade were finished between 1225 and 1250.
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Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
19 Apr. 2019
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
19 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parvis
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Campus wayfinding has been improved, the auditorium refurbished, the atrium reimagined, spaces for education upgraded, and a new archival display gallery added among other improvements.
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The bio-andy picked up voices somewhere inside the atrium.
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In the temple's crumbling courtyard, little remains… mostly empty pedestals scattered among the Sralao trees.
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In the hospital’s courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds.
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The best examples of this style are seen at the Getty Villa peristyle gardens — a peristyle is a courtyard framed by colonnades or rows of pillars — in Malibu.
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In some cases, however, those vultures circling the air over yesterday’s gallerias, plazas and megamalls are actually vulture investors.
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Singaporeans and international travelers also flock here to hang out on the beaches, zip line at Mega Adventure Park, shop at the massive luxury galleria, and more.
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American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history.
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Another building under construction is a medical office plaza that will be 180,000 square feet, housing multiple clinics and providers.
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This spring, across the nation’s auditoriums and quadrangles, members of the class of 2026 took their seats to receive remarks from distinguished guests.
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The bedroom, on a corner of the building, was the shape of an irregular quadrangle.
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Rule-breakers in Japan historically met a very harsh fate in the middle of the town square, and that kind of still persists today.
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The town square features a bust of Hans Christian Andersen and a replica of Copenhagen's famous Little Mermaid statue.
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The 220 one- to three-bedroom units here (some of which are pet friendly) offer living areas, kitchenettes, washer and dryer combinations, and patios or terraces.
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The annual sale event is known for steep deals across all categories, including patio and gardening essentials, home decor finds, the best cleaning products, and affordable fashion picks, too.
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“Parvis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parvis. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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