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What Is the Design at the Top of a Column Called?

In architecture the capital (from the latin caput, or “head”) or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column’s supporting surface.

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