Arcade (architecture)

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An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. In a gothic cathedral the arcade is the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory.

[edit] Notable arcades

• Burlington Arcade, London
• Cardiff city arcades, Cardiff
• Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio
• Dayton Arcade, Dayton, Ohio
• Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
• Çiçek Pasajı, Istanbul
• Galleria Subalpina, Turin
• Galleria Umberto I, Naples
• Main Department Store, Moscow
• Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island
• Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Autonomous Community, Spain
• Royal Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
• Block Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
• Paddock Arcade, Watertown, New York
• Musashi Koyama Shōtengai Palm, Tokyo, Japan
• Tenjinbashisuji Shōtengai, Osaka, Japan
• Silver Arcade Silver Arcade, Leicester, UK
• The Strand Arcade Sydney N.S.W., Australia
• The Passage St. Petersburg, Russia
• Victoria Quarter, Leeds
• Old Bank Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand

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