patios

His residence in the city was a large rambling mansion, one storey high, with flat roofs and large patios.

In the dry season individuals have been observed in patios, along streams, and by irrigation ditches.

The patios, or court-yards, are lofty, and surrounded by columns which carry the open stages of the first and second floors.

One's footsteps echo in the gorgeous patios, whose walls have witnessed many a scene of pomp, tragedy and pathos.

Like all public buildings and better-grade houses in Mexican cities, the governor's palace is built about patios, or inner courts.