Ambulacrum
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Not to be confused with Ambulacral.
- An Ambulacrum is an architectural term for the atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a Basilica that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades and often contains a fountain is surrounded by trees.
It can also refer to any walking path specifically created with trees.
- In zoology, an ambulacrum is an elongated area of the shell of an echinoderm in which a row of tube feet are arranged.
[edit] References
- A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. James Stevens Curl. Oxford University Press 2006.
