stoa
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stoa (plural stoae or stoæ or stoai or stoas)
In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
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A Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant.
A two-storied stoa, 17.5 m wide, was constructed at the eastern and western side of the agora.
İzmir Agora Open Air Museum consists of five parts, including the agora area, the base of the northern basilica gate, the stoa and the ancient shopping centre.
Each stoa had an upper story.
Hurwit 2000 p. 278 Eumenes was also responsible for constructing a stoa on the South slope, not unlike that of Attalos in the Agora below.
Outside of the enclosure, the propylaea is flanked by the remains of a long portico ( stoa ) with seats for the pilgrims, who left evidence of themselves in the form of various altars and votives.