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For other uses, see Facade (disambiguation). Carlo Maderno's monumental faÃ§ade of Saint Peter's basilica in Vatican City. A faÃ§ade (/fÉËsÉËd/) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. It is a foreign loan word from the French faÃ§ade, which means frontage or face. In architecture, the faÃ§ade of a building is often the most important aspect from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building.
Cornice, in architecture, the decorated projection at the top of a wall provided to protect the wall face or to ornament and finish the eaves. The term is used as well for any projecting element that crowns an architectural feature, such as a doorway. A cornice is also specifically the top member of the entablature of a Classical order (see order); it is in this case divided into three parts, a bed mold, corona, and cymatium. zoom_in.