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TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 653 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth) , a raised platform of earth; in geology the
term
  is used of level
horizontal
  ridges on the side of a slope, formed by volcanic action, or more usually by the action of water; they are thus frequent along the shores of lakes or by rivers; on the sea-shore they are generally known as " raised beaches. " The
term
  is used in architecture of an artificial platform in front of a building, which is utilized as a pror_ienade; sometimes, when the building is erected on an
elevation
 , there may be a
series
  of terraces rising one above the other, with flights of steps leading from one to the other, as in the Villa D'Este at Tivoli; or there may be a single
terrace
  raised high above the ground and supported on arches, as the
terrace
  to the Adelphi buildings in the Strand, or the river front at Somerset
House
 , or in France at the castles at Amboise and St Germain-en-laye, or again a low terrace like that in front of th, Houses of
Parliament
  at Westminster overlooking the Thames, which is 67o ft.
long
  and 35 ft. wide. The terraces of the gardens at Isola Bella on the Lago
Maggiore
  are known as hanging gardens (Hortus pensilis), and were similar to those which were built by the Assyrian king at Babylon. Though properly applied to a row of buildings on a raised level, the word is often used of any row of houses.


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