Façade

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Facade of the Strasbourg Cathedral

A façade (how to say: /fəˈsɑːd/) is usually one side of the outside of a building. It is very often the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The word comes from French word façadecode: fr is deprecated (pronounced: [fasad]), literally meaning "frontage" or "face".

Façade Media

• Basilica di San Pietro (15042367249).jpg

  Carlo Maderno's monumental façade of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City

• Germaine Tillion, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Pierre Brossolette et Jean Zay rentrent au Panthéon 09.jpg

  The façade of the Panthéon in Paris illuminated at night on 27 May 2015 for the admittance of Germaine Tillion, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Pierre Brossolette and Jean Zay to the mausoleum.

• Pompeii Street Scene by Luigi Bazzani, before 1927.jpg

  Façade of a 1st-century CE Roman domus in Pompeii, Italy

• Palatul Fundaţiei Regale Carol I, azi Biblioteca Centrală Universitară, crop vechi.jpg

  Part of the Central University Library of Bucharest (Romania)

• The façade at Bletchley Park (UK) is a mix of architectural styles

• Praha-gevel u modreho hroznu.JPG

  Detail of a façade from Prague (Czech Republic)

• Chojna Kulturzentrum 01.jpg

  Façade of the town hall in Chojna (Poland)

• Haunted Mansion Exterior.JPG

  The Haunted Mansion in Disneyland consists of a building and façade in the front, while the majority of the ride is outside the park in a connected building

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  Fantasy Gardens (British Columbia) was a theme park with an exterior designed to resemble many different medieval buildings

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  Façade of a typical "Casa Chorizo" house with different ornaments and colors in Buenos Aires (Argentine)