A gallery or covered walkway with a roof, particularly an arcaded or columned passageway used in architecture or artistic display.
From French 'galerie', derived from Medieval Latin 'galeria', possibly connected to Gallic or Celtic architectural traditions of covered spaces.
Renaissance architects obsessed over galeries as status symbols—having a long, decorated gallery in your palace meant you were rich enough to dedicate space to simply walking and showing off.
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