Palladian window

American  

[puh-ley-dee-uhn, -lah-] / pəˈleɪ di ən, -ˈlɑ- /

noun

1. a window in the form of a round-headed archway with a narrower compartment on either side, the side compartments usually being capped with entablatures on which the arch of the central compartment rests.

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Palladian window

The dark green in the decorative friezes, as well as the lintels and pilasters of the Palladian window, is newly accurate, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

The facade features pressed Roman brick and brownstone and is adorned with a Palladian window and cast-iron balconettes.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022

We have a Colonial house with a Palladian window over our front entry door.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2015

The reredos is centered upon a Palladian window, included as an element of the design.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore

Although large and more ornate, the Palladian window above the entrance to Independence Hall on the Independence Square side is more like that found in domestic architecture.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins