English translation of "auxiliados por bóvedas" - "supported by a series of vaulted archways"

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169 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	auxiliados por bóvedas
Context:	Los que acudían para ofrendar y para la oración accedían por dos puertas del muro sur,..
Keywords:	...llamadas Puertas de Hulda, a través de dos túneles inclinados que desembocaban en la esplanada. Esto era posible porque los cimientos de la plataforma eran auxiliados por bóvedas interiores en filas superpuestas para aliviar el relleno de los muros...Description of the Temple of Jerusalem.

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169 months ago

Peonia Kempenich wrote:

supported by a series of vaulted archways

My comment:

Inside the walls, the platform was supported by a series of vaulted archways... The temple itself was constructed of imported white marble that gleamed in the daylight.

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169 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA wrote:

supported by vaults

169 months ago

Servicios de traducción wrote:

Those who went to make offerings and prayer accessed through two doors of the south wall called Hulda gates, through two inclined tunnels that radiate on the Esplanade. This was possible because the foundations of the platform were aided by Interior vaults in overlapping rows to alleviate the filling of the walls...Description of the Temple of Jerusalem

My comment:

good

169 months ago

P Diane wrote:

supported by vaulted ceilings

My comment:

This type of structure is common in ancient buildings where there was no steel frame to support ceilings/roofs

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