Frontispiece (architecture)
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Frontispiece of the Saint George Chapel, at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, in Barcelona
In architecture, a frontispiece is the combination of elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building. The term is especially used when the main entrance is the chief face of the building rather than being kept behind columns or a portico. Early German churches often employed frontispieces to hide the aisles and nave.[1] In Kentucky, the frontispieces of Georgian buildings characteristically feature a lunette above the door and colonettes on either side.[2] In Chiapas, frontispieces are typically elongated.[3]
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