Editing Arcade (architecture) (section)

==History==
Arcades go back to at least the [[Ancient Greek architecture]] of the [[Hellenistic period]], and were much used by the Romans, for example at the base of the [[Colosseum]].  Church [[cloister]]s very often use arcading. [[Islamic architecture]] very often uses arcades in and outside [[mosque]]s in particular.  In [[Renaissance architecture]] elegant arcading was often used as a prominent feature of facades, for example in the [[Ospedale degli Innocenti]] (commissioned 1419) or the courtyard of the [[Palazzo Bardi]], both by [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] in [[Florence]].

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File:Colosseum 0732 2013.jpg|Arcades of the Colosseum (AD 70s) from the outside
File:L-Kolloseum.png|...and in cross-section
File:Great Mosque of Kairouan gallery.jpg|Arcades inside the [[Mosque of Uqba]], also known as the Great Mosque of [[Kairouan]], in [[Tunisia]] (670). There is no [[vault (architecture)|vaulting]]; the arches are bridged by wooden beams
File:Cordoba Mezquita (panorama).jpg|These arcades [[Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba|in Córdoba]] were begun in the 780s; Some are topped by beams, others by [[barrel vault]]s.
File:Arcade diagram.png|Interior [[elevation view|elevation]] of a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral, with the side-aisle arcade highlighted. The [[triforium]] and [[clerestory]] above also have arcades.
File:Ospedale degli innocenti, chiostro delle donne 02.JPG|The women's cloister at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, 1420s and 30s. The topmost story has a [[colonnade]], but not an arcade, as there are no arches
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