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What does exedra mean?

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Noun
  1. (architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
  2. (by extension) A curved bench with a high back.
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In restorations made in different times, the exedra in the south has been made a room.
Lounging on an exedra was a young woman in a woolen chiton, barefoot and trifling with the Greek ampyx that bound her golden hair.
The main door and main exedra is in the south-north direction and two exedras are made vertically.
This nymphaeum and its exedra, placed on the longitudinal axis of the garden, is the real centre of the ensemble.
The vignette that shows no walls around the city, is characterized by a semicircular road that goes round a church very similar to a colonnaded exedra.
The formal garden is laid out in all its splendour, with alleys, vistas, and a white-painted exedra.

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