Atrium


Definition of "Atrium"

Originally a rectangular room with roof open to the sky and acting as the central, most important room in Roman architectural home design. By the third century B.C. the atrium house had become overwhelmingly popular in Italy. Its use gradually declined under the Roman Empire, when it was replaces by garden houses.



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