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I make it back into town and decide to splash out on taking myself to a gallery, the botanical gardens was free and the gallery was only like 2 quid so i headed in, great choice, the gallery was amazing.

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  1. noun A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
  2. noun A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
  3. noun A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
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  • In the gallery is a display of more than 120 pieces of art by 59 community artists and 24 —  phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed
  • The gallery will be a cultural bridge to those who have a passion in the art field, and the goal of the gallery is to be a place to exchange cultures worldwide.
  • I make it back into town and decide to splash out on taking myself to a gallery, the botanical gardens was free and the gallery was only like 2 quid so i headed in, great choice, the gallery was amazing. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Nick Cave's second solo exhibition at this gallery is a bewitching experience, akin to visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute while hallucinating. —  artforum.com
  • Imaging of specimens contained in the gallery was assisted by the various contrast-enhancing technology featured by the MIC-D, including brightfield, darkfield, oblique, polarized light and reflected illumination, and the galleries are arranged according to contrast technique.
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  1. Middle English galerie, from Old French, from Old North French galilee, galilee; see galilee.

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  1. Early modern English galery, galarye; = Dutch galerij = German gallerie = Danish Swedish galleri, from Old French galerie, gallerie, French galerie = Spanish galería = Portuguese galeria = Italian galleria (Middle Latin galeria, galleria), a long portico, a gallery; orig., perhaps, a place of amusement, a special use of Old French galerie, gallerie, mirth, glee, sport, amusement, from Old French gale, show, mirth, festivity, etc.: see gallant and gala.
 

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