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other usesA gazebo is a pavilion (structure)|pavilion structure , sometimes octagon al, that may be built, in parks , gardens , and spacious public area s.
Design
Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade , shelter, Ornament (art)|ornamental features in a Landscaping|landscape , and a place to rest. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstand s or rain shelters.
Gazebo Types
Gazebos include pagoda s, pavilions, kiosk s, belvedere (structure)|belvedere s, folly|follies , alambras, pergola s, and Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda s. Such structures are popular in warm and sunny climates. They are in the literature of China , Persia , and many other classical civilizations, going back to several millennia. Examples of such structures are the garden houses at Montacute House in Somerset , England. The gazebo at Elton on the Hill in Nottinghamshire , thought to date from the late 18th or early 19th century, is a square battlemented tower like a fort, part of an extensive system of red-brick walled gardens.English Heritage: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/nottinghamshire/elton. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
Etymology
The word origin is unknown and has no cognate s in other European languages. false etymology|False etymologies are proposed, such as the French ''Que c'est beau ("How beautiful") and the Macaronic language|Macaronic Latin gazebo ("I shall gaze"). L.L. Bacon proposed a derivation from Casbah , a Muslim quarter around the citadel in Algiers .Bacon, Leonard Lee. “Gazebos and Alambras,” American Notes and Queries 8:6 (1970):87–87 W. Sayers proposed Andalusian Arabic|Hispano-Arabic qushaybah , in a poem by Córdoba, Spain|Cordoban poet Ibn Quzman (d. 1160).William Sayers, Eastern prospects: Kiosks, belvederes, gazebos . Neophilologus 87: 299–305, 2003. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k675102642432417/
The word gazebo was used by British architects John and William Halfpenny in their book Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1750). Plate 55 of the book “Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo” shows “a Chinese Tower or Gazebo, situated on a Rock, and raised to a considerable Height, and a Gallery round it to render the Prospect more complete”.
George Washington had a small eight-sided garden structure at Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson wrote about gazebos - called summerhouses or pavilions.
In contemporary England and North America gazebos are typically built of wood and covered with standard roofing materials, such as Roof shingle|shingle s. Gazebos can be tent-style structures of poles covered by tensioned fabric. Gazebos may have screens to aid in the exclusion of flying insects.
Temporary gazebos are often set up in the campsites of music festival s in the United Kingdom and North America , usually accompanying tent s around it.
See also
Eric and the Gazebo
References
Reflist Commons category|Pavilions Category:Pavilions Category:Garden features
