hemicycle

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A general view of the hemicycle at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2016.

From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2022

A general view of the hemicycle at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, November 24, 2021.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021

The chapel — part of the hemicycle entrance to the cemetery, where two other chapels are up for auction — was in good shape after a recent restoration paid for by the city.

From New York Times • May 21, 2018

In Brussels, Brown got the welcome of a global leader, delivering an address in the vast European Parliament hemicycle from the same rostrum as German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she is in town.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2017

These return from the columns which stand third on the inner side to the antae which project from the pronaos, and which touch the edges of the hemicycle at right and left.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio