acroteria

In Greek, Roman and Neoclassical architecture, sculpted ornaments placed at the apex and at the corners of a pedimentAcroteria are often shaped as palmettes, but they can take other forms, such as griffons or human heads. Sing.: acroterion (also acroterium). Pronunciation here.

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