Examples from literature

• An open colonnade resting on pillars usually runs round the mosques, and splendid plantains and other trees throw a delicious shade around. 
• In the middle of the floor is a tank surrounded by a covered colonnade. 
• The building has large courtyards and open colonnades, which would afford ideal conditions for patients able to take advantage of open-air treatment. 
• There was a kind of portico or colonnade outside, and this obstructed even the little light that at the best could have found its way through the small apertures in the door. 
• Three tiers of fifteen tall windows looked to the north in a front and two short wings, while colonnades led down to splendid wrought-iron gates, and blocks of buildings constructed in the same stately style.