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Podium Architecture
A podium is architecture a masonry high above the ground and supporting one or more buildings.
It features a staircase making accessible the top plane. The temples were often Roman mounted on a podium (for example, the Maison Carree in Nimes ).
It is also the platform on which ride the winners of a sporting event. Show trophy.
Bibliography
- Rene Ginouvs, methodical Dictionary of Greek and Roman architecture, t. II: Constructive Elements: supports, covers, interiors, Collection of the French School of Rome 84, EFR - EFA, 1992 (ISBN 02235099) p. 14-17.
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