Nota de aplicación
In Mexico, adornments of roofs or parapet tops, made of stone or molded terracotta, particularly abundant in the architectural tradition of the central highlands and that appeared crowning sumptuary buildings or, exceptionally, of a coatepantli or "snake wall", in the manner of a battlement. It also designates discontinuous stretches of parapets of cut silhouette that, in occasions, encircle the upper platform of a pyramidal base. They are distinguished from the merlons that crown the walls of ancient fortresses used for the defenders to take shelter behind them.
Ubicación jerarquía
- Faceta Objetos
- .. Componente
- .... componente (parte de objetos)
- ...... <componentes según contexto específico>
- ........ elemento de arquitectura
- .......... almenas
- .......... chalchihuites
- .......... <elementos estructurales y componentes elemento estructural> [+]
- .......... <elementos de superficie y componentes de elemento de superficie> [+]
- .......... <vanos y componentes de vano> [+]
- .......... barreras y elementos de barrera [+]
- .......... <ornamentos de borde y culminación: arquitectónicos> [+]
- .......... elemento de circulación [+]
- .......... <elementos para calefaccionar y cocinar> [+]
- .......... <elementos arquitectónicos según tipo de construcción> [+]