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Recent Examples of peristyleThe 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.—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026 The now-familiar Olympic cauldron torch was added above the peristyle at the east end of the stadium.—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025 And for the next two nights, the Coliseum’s peristyle will be illuminated in blue light.—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Framed by wrought-iron balconies and illuminated by the warm glow of copper gas lanterns, the courtyard centers around a custom fountain and a wood-burning fireplace.
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Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
Outdoor spaces include a small event lawn at the front of the house and a courtyard outside the office centered around a Japanese maple tree.
Since inspections resumed following COVID-19 disruptions in 2021, UC Davis has received 15 violations across nine inspections, including critical violations involving animal injuries and enclosure failures.
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Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
They have also been shown to exhibit play behavior with objects in their enclosures, highly unusual behavior for a reptile.
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.