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Fascia

John Henry Parker

or Facia (Lat. Facies = a face), a broad fillet, band, or face, used in Classical architecture, sometimes by itself but usually in combination with mouldings. Architraves are frequently dividede into two or three faciae, each of which projects slightly beyond that which is below it.

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