Great Colonnade at Apamea as part of the intersection. The colonnade was further intersected by side streets at regular intervals of . The colonnade passed through the center of the city and several important buildings were clustered around it, including the baths, the agora, the Temple of Tyche, the nymphaeum, the rotunda, the atrium church and the basilica. The street within the colonnade was wide and paved with large polygonal limestone blocks. On either side of the street a wide colonnade ran its full length. The columns were high and in diameter. They stood on square bases of on a side and high. The
Architectural style of harmony gave way to freer and more imaginative rhythms. The best known architect associated with the Mannerist style was Michelangelo (1475–1564), who is credited with inventing the giant order, a large pilaster that stretches from the bottom to the top of a façade. He used this in his design for the Campidoglio in Rome. Prior to the 20th century, the term "Mannerism" had negative connotations, but it is now used to describe the historical period in more general non-judgmental terms. Architectural style An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable or