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Updated: June 26, 2025
An example will be found at the Three Fortunes, in that one of the three which is nearest the Colline gate. The prostyle is in all respects like the temple in antis, except that at the corners, opposite the antae, it has two columns, and that it has architraves not only in front, as in the case of the temple in antis, but also one to the right and one to the left in the wings.
Another characteristic feature of the early oratory is seen in the curious antae or prolongation of the side walls. Locally the little building is known as the "beannacan," in allusion, most likely, to its high gables or the finials which once, no doubt, in Irish fashion, adorned its roof. Though somewhat later than Declan's time this primitive building is very intimately connected with the Saint.
This being granted, it is not improper, in narrow quarters or where the space is enclosed, to use in a building columns of somewhat slender proportions, since we can help out by a duly proportionate number of flutings. The walls of the cella itself should be thick in proportion to its size, provided that their antae are kept of the same thickness as the columns.
The essential feature is an enclosed chamber, commonly called by the Latin name cella, in which stood, as a rule, the image of the god or goddess to whom the temple was dedicated. Between the antae are two columns. This type of temple is called a templum in antis. Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.
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