Ambulacrum
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An ambulacrum is an architectural term for the atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a basilica that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades, often containing a fountain, and is surrounded by trees.
It can also refer to any walking path specifically created with trees.
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Ambulacrum (Walking path example)
References
- A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. James Stevens Curl. Oxford University Press 2006.
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