portico

Beneath the portico, numbers of servants and retainers were lounging about, enjoying the fresco.

The pair disappeared among the glittering and gaily-dressed crowd that thronged the portico.

He stood still an instant, hidden by the porphyry columns of the portico.

Her hand in his, he led her down the steps of the portico, all strewn with white bells of lilies, a carpet of blooming snow.

There is also a library, and the Homereium, a quadrangular portico, which has a temple of Homer and a statue.