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A portico is a Porch or walkway with a roof supported by Column s, often leading to the entrance of a building.

Some famous examples of porticos are the East Portico of the United States Capitol , and the portico adorning the Pantheon in Rome .

The temple-front portico applied to The Vyne , Hampshire was the first applied to an English Country House .

Bologna , Italy , is very famous for its porticoes. In total, there are over 37 kilometres of arcades in the city, and there are the longest portico in the world, around 6 km from the center of the city to the hill of San Luca Basilic.


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