Courtyard

A court or courtyard is a space inside a building that is open to the sky. These spaces were often used for meetings, which leads to the other meaning of court, as in a court of law.

Small cloister in the monastery of Certosa di Pavia, near Pavia, Italy
The Great Court of the British Museum in London has a glass roof.
Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Grenada, Spain
Court of the Pontifica Universidad Cátolica de Chile

Courtyard Media

Courtyard in the Lidzbark Castle, Poland
Courtyard in the Quetzalpapálotl ruin complex at Teotihuacan, 5th century AD.
The Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Oak Ridge Apartments in Evanston, Illinois from 1914
Fort Hall replica, the courtyard, Pocatello, Idaho
The courtyard of Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland
Bahia Palace, Marrakesh, Morocco
Daisen-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto
A courtyard in Rome, Italy
Saint-Émilion's Romanesque ruins

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