Architecture / Building / Pagoda

Nara: A temple, located near Nara, Japan, said to have been built at the end of the 6th century… Contains the oldest existing wooden structure in the world, a five-storied pagoda…
meroes: In the architecture of Bali, a pagoda.
she li t’a: A Chinese stupa or pagoda, usually of masonry, used as a shrine to house the relics of a prominent Buddhist monk or sage.
ta: In Chinese architecture, a pagoda, especially: 1. A high tower used for observing scenery or for military purposes. 2. A tower, of religious origin, used as a memorial; built of timber with a masonry core, or built completely of masonry.
t’a: Chinese name for a pagoda, probably derived from a stupa, and occurring in Chinoiserie work.
t’ieh t’a: In ancient Chinese architecture, a masonry pagoda which is clad with bronze-colored glazed terra-cotta panels in relief; usually of Buddhist origin. Because of the color of the glaze, the Chinese character mean literally “iron tower.”
to: A type of Japanese pagoda of two (taho-to), three (sanju-no-to), five (goju-no-to), or seven (nana-ju-no-to) stories which enshrines Buddhist holy relics. In Japan these are usually square, but the taho-to differs in that it has a stupa-like round protuberance above the lower square roof which, in turn, carries a cylindrical railed section crowned by a square roof bearing a sorin (as do all other multistoried pagodas).
varella: A pagoda.
taa: Chinese name for a pagoda, probably derived from a stupa, and occurring in Chinoiserie work.
goju-no-to: A five-storied pagoda.
pagoda: A temple or sacred building, typically in an Asian nation, usually pyramidal, forming a tower with upward curving roofs over the individual stories.