perron

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | 263 words | Copyright

perron.
1. External platform-landing reached by symmetrical flights of steps, leading to the piano nobile of a building, a feature of Palladian architecture.

2. The steps leading to the platform.

3. Any platform, base of a market-cross, sepulchral monument, etc.

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