What is an entablature?

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English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #879 "Pompeii, past and present", question 10

Architects consider the basilica one of the most interesting and imposing buildings. It is rectangular in shape and divided into three long central halls by two rows of brick columns. Against the side walls are shorter columns topped by an .......... The long debate as to whether the basilica had a roof or not, was settled when excavation revealed roof materials.

(a) podiums
(b) antiquity
(c) compensation
(d) entablature

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #879 "Pompeii, past and present", answer 10

Architects consider the basilica one of the most interesting and imposing buildings. It is rectangular in shape and divided into three long central halls by two rows of brick columns. Against the side walls are shorter columns topped by an entablature. The long debate as to whether the basilica had a roof or not, was settled when excavation revealed roof materials.

Correct answer: (d) entablature
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what is an entablature?

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