pronaos वाक्य

The entrance is preceded by two staircases leading to a pronaos with arcades, which was frescoed ( 1594 ) by the Flemish painter Loise Croys, pupil of Paul Bril.
The inside of the wide pronaos contained eight columns in the ionic style ( four frontal and two on each side ), of which the bases and two capitals remain.
The cella generally has a porch or " pronaos " before it, and perhaps a second chamber or " antenaos " serving as a treasury or repository for trophies and gifts.
The sketch of the Volkshalle given by Hitler to Speer shows a traditional gabled pronaos supported by ten columns, a shallow rectangular intermediate block and behind it the domed main building.
The cell was formed by a wall connectiong 12 pilasters on each long side, the angular ones enclosing the " pronaos " and the " episthodomos ".

It is the first example ( later become common in the Agrigento temples ) of pylons inserted between the pronaos and cella, housing the stair which allowed inspections of the roof.
On the smooth architrave, hidden behind plates on the facade, were the ends of roof beamswhich supported the oldest known marble roof of ancient architecture, which covered the pronaos.
The fa�ade runs in line with the road that climbed up from the Clivus Capitolinus, and features a pronaos with four pillars in the central part preceded by a flight of steps.
The temple's hexastyle elevation was formed of Carrara marble columns along the front and the two long sides of the pronaos, with those at the back made of plastered brick.
The frieze of the pronaos depicts a scene from the battle of Theseus with the Pallantides in the presence of gods while the frieze of the opisthodomos shows the battle of Centaurs and Lapiths.