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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 604 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CELLA , in See also:

architecture, the Latin name for the See also:sanctuary of a See also:Roman See also:temple, corresponding with the naos of the See also:Greek temple. In the See also:Etruscan temples, according to See also:Vitruvius, there were three cellas, See also:side by side; and in the temple of See also:Venus built by See also:Hadrian at See also:Rome there were two cellas, both enclosed, however, in a single See also:peristyle.

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