Architecture - Re: What's the name of this raised thingie?

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Re: What's the name of this raised thingie?

Don

2005-06-16, 2:34 pm

<tbasc> wrote

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> Lantern is pretty old fashioned, I agree.
> It's use is probably limited to history of architecture.

Just occurred to me that back in the old days, before street lights or
economical electrical exterior lighting, the interior light being broadcast
through the windows of the *lantern* would serve as sort of a land based
*lighthouse* so the home could be seen at a distance, which would help out
when trying to find the home at night time. So, in that regard the term
Lantern seems totally appropriate.

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