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A balcony comprising a balustrade supported at either end by plinths. The balcony is supported on console brackets.


Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh [1]), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade. The traditional Maltese balcony, is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a wall.

Alternatively, Juliette balconies do not protrude out of the building. They are usually part of an upper floor, with a balustrade only at the front, and walls on the sides.

Sometimes balconies are adapted for ceremonial purposes, e.g. that of St. Peter's Basilica at Rome, when the newly elected pope gives his blessing urbi et orbi after the conclave. Inside churches balconies are sometimes provided for the singers, and in banqueting halls and the like for the musicians.

A unit with a regular balcony will have doors that open up onto a small patio with railings. To the contrary, a French balcony is actually a false balcony, with doors that open to a railing with a view of the courtyard or the surrounding scenery below.

In theatres the balcony was formerly a stage-box, but the name is now usually confined to the part of the auditorium above the dress circle and below the gallery.




Edouard Manet: Le balcon

Numerous traditional Maltese balconies in Valletta, Malta

Colourful balcony in Rome

Balconies (varandas) with cast iron balustrades in Lisbon.


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Spoken in: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and areas of Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
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A column in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.
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Console may be:

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Maltese refers to people and objects related to the country of Malta:
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Saint Peter's Basilica
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The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel Sant'Angelo.

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Comune di Roma

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An auditorium (auditoria pl.) is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. For movie theaters the number of auditoriums is also expressed as the number of screens.
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Édouard Manet

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Birth name Édouard Manet
January 23 1832(1832--)
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March 30 1883 (aged 51)
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Inhabitants' name: Belti (m), Beltija (f), Beltin (pl)
Other names: Il-Belt

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("The Maltese Anthem")

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Lisbon

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deck is a flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor, but typically constructed outdoors, often elevated from the ground, and usually connected to a building. The term is a generalization of decks as found on ships.
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jharokha (or jharoka) is a type of overhanging balcony used in Indian architecture, typically Mughal architecture and Rajasthani architecture. Jharokhas could be used both for adding to the architectural beauty of the building itself or for a specific purpose.
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A minstrels' gallery is a form of balcony, often inside the great hall of a castle or manor house, and used to allow musicians (originally minstrels) to perform, sometimes discreetly hidden from the guests below.
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porch is a platform structure attached at the front or back entrance of a building. It is external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure.
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A verandah or veranda is a roofed opened gallery or porch.[1] It is also described as an open pillared gallery, generally roofed, built around a central structure.
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A patio (from the Spanish: patio meaning 'back garden' or 'backyard) is an outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that often adjoins a residence and is typically paved.
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Dehkhoda Dictionary (Persian: لغت‌نامه دهخدا) is the largest comprehensive Persian dictionary ever published, in 15 volumes (26000 pages).
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