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In rural settings a wealthy Roman could surround a Villa with terraced gardens; within the city Romans created their gardens inside the '' Domus ''. The ''peristylium'' was an open courtyard within the house; the columns or square pillars surrounding the garden supported a shady roofed Portico whose inner walls were often embellished with elaborate wall paintings of landscapes and '' Trompe-l'oeil '' architecture. Sometimes the lararium, a shrine for the Lares , the gods of the household, was located in this portico, or it might be found in the atrium. The courtyard might contain flowers and shrubs, fountains, benches, sculptures and even fish ponds. Though the Egyptians did not use the Greek term ''peristyle'' historians have adopted it to describe similar structures in Egyptian palace architecture. ''See'': Architecture EXTERNAL LINK
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