Information about Arcade (architecture)



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Schoolchildren in a sunlit arcade in Havana, Cuba
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The Cleveland Arcade in downtown Cleveland (late 1960s)


An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns.

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Arcade can mean several things:
  • Arcade (architecture), a passage or walkway, often including retailers
  • Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware
  • Arcade game, a coin operated game machine usually found in a game or video arcade

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arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). The arch appeared in Mesopotamia, Indus Valley civilization, Egypt, Assyria, Etruria, and later refined in Ancient Rome.
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A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof.
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Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre.
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London
Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
London shown within England
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
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The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies.
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Cleveland, Ohio

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Nickname: The Forest City
Motto: Progress & Prosperity
Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
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The Sint-Hubertusgalerij (in Dutch language|Dutch) or Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (in French language|French) is a glazed shopping arcade in Brussels that preceded other famous 19th-century shopping arcades such as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and
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Brussels
Bruxelles / Brussel

Grand Place / Grote Markt

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Nickname: European Union capital, Comic City
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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade (two arcades intersecting in an octagon) sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, connecting to the Piazza della Scala.
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MILAN (French: Missile d´infanterie léger antichar = Anti-Tank Light Infantry Missile) is a European anti-tank guided missile. Design of the MILAN started in 1962. It was ready for trials in 1971, and was accepted for service in 1972.
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City of Turin
Città di Torino


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Nickname: "Automobile Capital"

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Region Piedmont
Province
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Comune di Napoli

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Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy.
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Region Campania
Province Province of Naples
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The Westminster Arcade or Providence Arcade ("The Arcade", locally) is a historic shopping center in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the oldest remaining enclosed shopping mall in the United States, built in 1828.
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Providence, Rhode Island

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Nickname: Little Rhody, The Ocean State, Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City, The Divine City
Location in Rhode Island
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State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations


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Nickname(s): The Ocean State, Little Rhody
Motto(s): Hope

Official language(s) English

Capital Providence

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Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Rueda (Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Wheel) is an early Cistercian monastery in the Aragon region of Spain. Founded in the year 1202, it is one of the best extant examples of early Cistercian architecture.
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Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón
Comunidá Autonoma d'Aragón
Comunitat Autònoma d'Aragó


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Anthem: Himno de Aragón
Capital Zaragoza
Official language(s) Spanish
Area
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Redhill

Redhill, Surrey ()
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Royal Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne's Golden Mile heritage walk runs through the arcade.

It forms a short, narrow laneway, connecting Little Collins Street to Bourke Street Mall in the central business district of Melbourne.
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Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Block Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne's Golden Mile heritage walk runs through the arcade.

It forms a short, narrow laneway, connecting Collins Street to Little Collins Street in the central business district of Melbourne.
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Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Paddock Arcade, located in Watertown, New York, is the oldest continuously operating covered mall in the United States. Although there are older arcades, the Paddock has seen uninterrupted use since it opened in 1850. The arcade is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Watertown, New York

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Nickname: The Garland City
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Country United States
State New York
County Jefferson
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