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Polyptych Painting or carving on several joined wooden panels

Portico The covered entrance to a building

Punic Carthaginian/Phoenician

Scene-building Structure holding scenery in Greek/Roman theatre
Stelae Inscribed stone slabs

Stereobate Visible base of any building, usually a temple

Stoa A detached roofed porch, or portico

Stylobate Raised base of a columned building, usually a temple
Telamon A supporting column in the shape of a male figure

Thermae Baths, usually elaborate buildings in Roman villas

Triptych Painting or carving on three joined wooden panels
ITALIAN WORDS

Aliscafo Hydrofoil
Anfiteatro Amphitheatre

Autostazione Bus station

Autostrada Motorway
Belvedere A lookout point

Cappella Chapel

Castello Castle

Cattedrale Cathedral
Centro Centre

Chiesa Church (main “mother” church, Chiesa Matrice/Madre)

Comune An administrative area; also, the local council or the town hall

Corso Avenue/boulevard
Duomo Cathedral

Entrata Entrance

Faraglione Obelisk-shaped deposits of volcanic rock rising out of the sea
Festa Festival, carnival

Fiume River

Fumarola Volcanic vapour emission from the ground
Golfo Gulf

Lago Lake