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or less commonly parvise
1
: a court or enclosed space before a building (such as a church)
2
: a single portico or colonnade before a church
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The western façade, giving onto the parvis, the open area before the cathedral, was not completed until around 1240, and the upper gallery of the nave and the two towers on the west façade were finished between 1225 and 1250.
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Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019
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Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019
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“Parvis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parvis. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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