03-09-2010, 07:50 PM
lol Daniel, subbing Italian for French ...
They shouldn't be used interchangeably.
A port cochere is a carriage porch or literally "coach door," and the operative element is that it accommodates vehicles passing through, motorized or not. From the French, Louis XIV or XV period.
A portico comes from Classical architecture and is prominent in Greek Temples, like the Parthenon, a walkway with colonnades. Although it may be simpler in these times, It's not for vehicles to pass through.
They shouldn't be used interchangeably.
A port cochere is a carriage porch or literally "coach door," and the operative element is that it accommodates vehicles passing through, motorized or not. From the French, Louis XIV or XV period.
A portico comes from Classical architecture and is prominent in Greek Temples, like the Parthenon, a walkway with colonnades. Although it may be simpler in these times, It's not for vehicles to pass through.