The city center is small, and most Late-Medieval and Renaissance buildings have been restored to their original pastel colours and wooden balconies.

When Censor in 318 BC, Gaius Maenius provided buildings in the Forum neighborhood with balconies, which were called after him maeniana, in order that the spectators might better view the games put on within the temporary wooden arenas set up there.

Porches, balconies, elaborate door and window frames became common, as did complex wooden scrollwork affixed to the roof edges as decorative trim.

The houses of the town are slender and characterised by wooden balconies and windows of the Anatolian type.

Two examples are the enduring importance of the Spanish guitar ( Maltese: il-kitarra Spanjola ) in Maltese folk music, and the enclosed wooden balconies ( Maltese: gallerija ) that grace traditional Maltese homes today.

The architectural style is one of refined eclecticism, blending massive, austere, North European brick construction and playful elements reminiscent of oriental and venetian architecture, such as turrets adorned with golden starlets, decorated balconies, wooden masts, and statues.

A straight narrow wooden choir, allows access to balconies which extend to the front of the church and the exterior facade, as well as the corridors of the remaining wards.

Distinctive features of American Queen Anne style ( rooted in the English style ) may include an asymmetrical facade ; dominant front-facing gable, often cantilevered out beyond the plane of the wall below ; overhanging eaves ; round, square, or polygonal tower ( s ); shaped and Dutch gables ; a porch covering part or all of the front facade, including the primary entrance area ; a second-story porch or balconies ; pedimented porches ; differing wall textures, such as patterned wood shingles shaped into varying designs, including resembling fish scales, terra cotta tiles, relief panels, or wooden shingles over brickwork, etc.

The few old houses in the city are usually two or three stories tall, with brick façades, flat roofs, richly carved wooden balconies and overhanging windows.

It is one of the most finely decorated buildings of Stone Town, with large carved wooden balconies, stained-glass windows, and neo-classical stucco adornments.

Much of the character and charm of the seafront houses has been lost as a result, although on the narrow village streets in the heart of Gżira one can still find examples of traditional Maltese facades, with their enclosed wooden balconies ( gallarija ) and bow-fronted, wrought-iron balconies.

Some of the houses have carved wooden doors, pillars and balconies.

The circular minaret rests on an octagonal base ; it had 2 wooden balconies and was topped by a lantern.

Many houses have a colourful or richly-decorated façade, wooden balconies or bay windows.

The center of the town has cobblestone streets, traditional rustic houses with wrought iron fixtures, balconies, and wooden windowsills, which is the legacy of its 300 year heritage as a colonial town populated mostly by indigenous people.

The narrow lane is filled with burkha-clad women, bangle shops and old buildings with wooden balconies, bargaining and haggling is part and parcel of this market.

Carolina is a small town of well laid-out cobblestone streets, containing many houses with antique handmade wooden balconies.

At the sides rise two minarets, 42 meters high, topped by beautifully carved, wooden balconies with stalactites running down the sides.

The most characteristic additions were the baths ( usually in the back of the buildings ) and the enclosed wooden balconies οn the facades over the narrow streets. In this way most of the buildings of the Hospitaliers ' period in the Medieval Town were well preserved.

The Chalice Well is a holy well at the foot of the Tor, covered by a wooden well-cover with wrought-iron decoration made in 1919.

" Boneshaker " refers to the extremely uncomfortable ride, which was caused by the stiff wrought-iron frame and wooden wheels surrounded by tires made of iron.

The mineral waggons were originally similar to those used for the earlier Little Eaton Gangway, with a substantial wooden chassis with a wrought-iron body held in place by two wooden wedges.

He held his own opinions on architectural styles and decoration, favouring the Queen Anne style rather than the Italianate stucco preferred by his father ; for red brick and terracotta ; for stucco to be painted bright orange, and railings in chocolate or red ; and for Oxford Street to be paved with wooden blocks.

The stroll along the mostly wooded path between the Berghof and the teahouse was less than a kilometre and at one spot featured a scenic overlook of the whole valley, fitted with wooden railings and a bench, where many widely known photographs were taken and political discussions were held ( in 2004 this site was somewhat restored to its early 1940s era appearance for a German television mini-series ).

Outside this gate is a wooden bridge with railings crowned with giboshi-ornamental tops.

Jungle gym shapes may include wooden platforms with ladders and railings around the outer edges.

It has been surrounded by iron railings for many decades, but an outer wooden fence was added to protect visitors from falling timber after major cracks appeared in Autumn 2010.

Details on railings, doors and windows were restored, and several pintu pagar ( traditional wooden half-doors ) and wooden flooring reinstated.

While no solid proofs exists, it is often assumed the Three Crown Castle, which preceded the present Stockholm Palace, originated from these wooden structures, and that the medieval city quickly expanded around it in the mid 13th century.

** John Dillinger escapes from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, using a wooden pistol.

Later that year, Solon Robinson funded a US $ 500 project to build a new wooden county courthouse in Crown Point, and thus Crown Point became the county seat.

The Crown authorized the construction of Fort Hunter near Tionondega in 1711 ; its fortified area included a wooden Anglican chapel, known as Queen Anne's chapel.

On March 3, 1934, John Dillinger made his famous " wooden pistol " escape from the jail in Crown Point, Indiana.

A man by the name of Zhang Chai ( Zh: 张差 ) armed with no more than a wooden staff managed to chase off eunuchs guarding the gates and broke into Ci-Qing palace ( Zh: 慈庆宫 ), then the Crown Prince ’ s living quarters.

Against Ireland, in the final rugby match at Croke Park, Scotland gained their only win of the tournament 23 – 20 with a last-minute penalty by Dan Parks, denying the Irish the Triple Crown and assuring they themselves would avoid the wooden spoon.

File: Krone des Preußisch-Deutschen Kaisers ( Modell-von-1872 ). png | German State Crown, wooden model, 1872.

Ceiling tiles, especially in old Mediterranean houses were made of terracotta and were placed on top of the wooden ceiling beams and upon those were placed the roof tiles.

A felucca () is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt, Sudan, and also in Iraq.

* Felucca: A traditional wooden sailing boat with a rig consisting of one or two lateen sails, used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean and particularly along the Nile in Egypt and Sudan, and also in Iraq.

However, from 1942 to 1944, she was fitted with wooden guns and stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, to make British naval forces in the area seem stronger than they were.

In the summer of 1932, Ro-Pat-In began to manufacture cast aluminum production versions of the Frying Pan as well as a lesser number of standard Spanish Electrics built from wooden bodies similar to those made in Chicago for the National Company.

Ussher says that Ninian left Candida Casa for Cluayn-coner in Ireland, and eventually died in Ireland ; that his mother was a Spanish princess ; that his father wished to regain him after having assented to his training for an ecclesiastical state ; that a bell comes from heaven to call together his disciples ; that a wooden church was raised by him, with beams delivered by stags ; and that a harper with no experience at architecture was the builder of the church.

In 1773, Woodhouse landed at the port of Marsala and discovered the local wine produced in the region, which was aged in wooden casks and tasted similar to Spanish and Portuguese fortified wines then popular in England.

At the proposed site, located approximately 26 leguas ( Spanish Leagues ) north of San Diego, 18 leagues south of San Gabriel, and half a league from the Pacific Ocean, an enramada ( arbor ) was constructed, two bronze bells were hung from the branch of a nearby tree, and a wooden cross was erected.

The village name is derived from the Spanish phrase for " the gate ," after two wooden gates that once stood as a gateway to the village.

The village's name is derived from a Spanish term used to describe " The Gate ," after two huge wooden gates on Northeast Second Avenue that were taken down in the 1940s.

The Ilocano material culture and spirituality can be seen in the past-images of Spanish santo ( saints ), antique but intricate wooden furniture and quality local fiber.

The Arawak people used a wooden structure to roast meat on, which was called barbacoa in Spanish.

The Ilocano material culture and spirituality can be seen in the past-images of Spanish santo ( saints ), antique but intricate wooden furniture and quality local fiber.

These divisions are not fixed: some overshoes look more like whole foot clogs ( see Spanish albarca ) whilst other wooden soled clogs raise and protect clothing in the way that overshoes do, see Japanese geta.

* The Incredible Hulk ( TV series ): In the first season episode " Earthquakes Happen ", several building collapse scenes, the collapsing freeway overpass scene, the collapsing Spanish bells, the sliding and falling stilt houses, and the collapsing high tension wires and parts of the wooden foot bridge scenes were reused in this episode with slightly zoomed or slightly reoriented focus to keep any association of the original film from being seen.

It incorporates a Spanish wooden crucifix dating from the 13th century.

Basque pelota ( pilota or eusko pilota in Basque, pelota vasca in Spanish, and pelote or pelote basque in French ) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall ( frontón in Spanish, pilotaleku or pilota plaza in Basque, frontó in Catalan, fronton in French ) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net.

Also called " Argentine Paleta Goma ", this is played with a short and broad wooden bat, called paleta in both Spanish and Basque, and a gas-filled rubber ball.

Over the next 100 years, the Spanish built nine wooden forts for the defense of the town in various locations.

The word " palo " (" stick " in Spanish ) was applied to the religion in Cuba due to the use of wooden sticks in the preparation of altars, which were also called " la Nganga ", " el caldero " or " la prenda ".

Fuerte Santo Domingo or Fort San Domingo was originally a wooden fort built by the Spanish in 1629 at Tamsui on the northwestern coast of Taiwan.

In 1578, more than half a century after Ferdinand Magellan and his men landed in Cebu, a Spanish priest named Esteban Ortiz arrived in Binangonan del Ampon and planted a wooden cross symbolizing the introduction of Spanish colonial rule at the place.

The Black Nazarene, known to devotees in Spanish as Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (; ) is a life-sized, dark wooden sculpture of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, believed to be miraculous by many Filipino Catholics.

* 2004-Several one-off prizes were created for the Pirates Gold auction event at GenCon 2004, including a wooden replica period ship with a Pirates of the Spanish Main plaque, several constructed game pieces signed by Jordan Weisman and Mike Mulvilhill and mounted in shadowboxes, pirate items such as a replica cutlass, and more.

Madera is Spanish for " wood ", and there used to be a large U. S. company with large lumber mills, there is still a section of the city called " barrio americano " where some American-style wooden houses still survive.