Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnberger See with a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, and went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, and drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
From the dome, look down upon the Holy Square, where two colonnades reach out like open arms, welcoming the faithful who gather in their thousands to receive blessing from the Pope.
From a colonnade steps descended to a garden, in which a lotus pool lay entrapped, the leaves so closely set that they gave an impression of a floor of moist green tiles.
The Jewish destruction of the western colonnade and the Roman destruction of the northern colonnade forced the rebels to fall back to within the walls of the temple complex itself.
It was a cool day, in the sixties with a mix of sun and clouds, and walking along the colonnade I took time to appreciate the plush beds of tulips—yellow, red, pink—the groundskeepers had planted in the Rose Garden.
Amy walks him through the colonnade and up the stairs, saying nothing, and when they reach the hallway between the East and West Bedrooms, he sees them.
At the base of this colonnade, Mills envisioned statues of Washington and other Revolutionary War heroes, along with representations of critical historical scenes.