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Schoolchildren in a sunlit arcade in Havana, Cuba

The Cleveland Arcade in downtown Cleveland (late 1960s)

An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. In a gothic cathedral the arcade is the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory.

Notable arcades

Burlington Arcade, London
Cardiff city arcades, Cardiff
Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
Galleria Subalpina, Turin
Galleria Umberto I, Naples
Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island
Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Autonomous Community, Spain
The Arcade, Redhill, Surrey, England
Royal Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
Block Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
Paddock Arcade, Watertown, New York
Royal Arcade, Norwich, England
The Strand Arcade Sydney N.S.W., Australia

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