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A court or courtyard is a space inside a building that is open to the sky. These spaces were often used for meetings, which leads to the other meaning of court, as in a court of law.

Small cloister in the monastery of Certosa di Pavia, near Pavia, Italy
The Great Court of the British Museum in London has a glass roof.
Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Grenada, Spain
Court of the Pontifica Universidad Cátolica de Chile

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Courtyard in the Lidzbark Castle, Poland
Courtyard in the Quetzalpapálotl ruin complex at Teotihuacan, 5th century AD.
The Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain
A Chinese courtyard in Beijing
Fort Hall replica, the courtyard, Pocatello, Idaho
The courtyard of Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland
Bahia Palace, Marrakesh, Morocco
Daisen-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto
A courtyard in Rome, Italy
Saint-Émilion's Romanesque ruins
City Palace, Udaipur, India
Tripoli, the Karamanli House
Interior of the ING Building, Edmonton, Canada
The courtyard and the pool in Rakib-khaaneh mansion in Isfahan, Iran
Central patio in Buenos Aires, Antonio Ballvé Penintetiary Museum
Courtyard in Essaouira, Morocco
Beit Ghazaleh, Aleppo, Syria
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, England

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