acroteria

(Sing.: acroterion, also acroterium). 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 griffins or human heads. Pronunciation here.

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