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  • n  a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof

  • At the British Museum, tourists walk past a line of statues that once adorned the east pediment of the Parthenon.
  • Figure of a River God, from the west pediment of the Parthenon Trustees of the British Museum I'm just back from a small press lunch with Dimitris Pandermalis, who heads .
  • The columns and pediment are stucco and the "stone" is split-faced concrete block, but classic American civic form is evoked with a convincing freshness.
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  • Pictorial book to display Warren County's past
    To commemorate Front Royal and Warren County's 225th anniversary this year, the Northern Virginia Daily is working with the Warren Heritage Society to publish a pictorial history book through Pediment Publishing.
    July 30, 2013 - The Northern Virginia Daily

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