Peristyle of 13m tall columns, Temple of Artemis, 1st century AD city of the Roman Decapolis, Jerash, Jordan, Middle East

Peristyle and garden in the House of the Menander, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

The Peristyle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Split, region of Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Papyrus Columns, Courtyard of Amenhotep III (Peristyle Court), Luxor Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Papyrus Columns, Courtyard of Amenhotep III (Peristyle Court), Luxor Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Bernini's 17th century colonnade, Piazza San Pietro (St. Peter's Square), Vatican City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Remains of the Casa di Pansa (House of Pansa), pool in the peristyle with Ionic capitals at the atrium, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Casa di Venus atrium peristyle colonnade, frescoes on House of D. Lucretii Satrii Valentes, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

St. Domnius Cathedral Bell Tower and Peristyle, Stari Grad (Old Town), Split, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Casa di Venus atrium peristyle colonnade, frescoes on House of D. Lucretii Satrii Valentes, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Detail of the peristyle of 13m high columns from the Roman Temple of Artemis, dating from the 1st century AD, Jerash, one of the ancient Roman cities of the Decapolis, Jordan, Middle East

Peristyle Tomb III, dating from the Hellenistic period from 325 to 58BC, Tomb of the Kings, Paphos, Cyprus, Europe

Temple of Hephaestus, Ancient Agora of Athens, Athens, Greece

6th century Byzantine Roman hare hunt mosaics from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I., Istanbul, Turkey

Royal graves, peristyle graves, Paphos, Cyprus

Diocletian's Palace, Peristyle, Roman Catholic Archidiocese of Split-Makarska, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, Europe

Historic town centre, Diocletian's Palace, square between Peristyle and the Cathedral, sculpture of Christ and the 12 apostles at the Last Supper, Split, Central Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Adriatic coast, Croatia, Europe, PublicGround

Historic town centre, Diocletian's Palace, square between Peristyle and the Cathedral, sculpture of Christ and the 12 apostles at the Last Supper, Split, Central Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Adriatic coast, Croatia, Europe, PublicGround

Historic district, Diocletian's Palace, square between the peristyle and the cathedral, Split, central Dalmatia, Adriatic coast, Croatia, Europe, PublicGround

Diocletian's Palace, square between Peristyle and Split Cathedral, sculpture of Christ and the 12 apostles at the Last Supper, historic town centre, Split, Central Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Adriatic coast, Croatia, Europe, PublicGround

Historic town centre, night, tower of the Cathedral of Sveti Duje, Peristyle, Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia, Europe

Diocletian's Palace, square between Peristyle and the Cathedral, historic town centre, Split, Central Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Adriatic coast, Croatia, Europe, PublicGround

View from the top of St Domnius Bell Tower on the Peristyle of Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King march engraving in front of the peristyle commemorating his I have a dream speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28th 1963.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, A tourist strolling among the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, A tourist sitting among the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Close up of the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, District of Columbia War Memorial consisting of a circular peristyle Doric temple.