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zaguán

zaguán
1. In Spanish architecture and derivatives, an entry; often a massive wooden gate that was often sheltered and wide enough to permit large wagons or coaches to enter the courtyard (placita) of a casa del rancho. Often had a small door adjacent to, or a door set within the zaguán, for pedestrian traffic.
2. In ecclesiastical Hispanic architecture, a corridor between a cloister and its exterior.
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Mas adentro se entra por una puerta chica, que esta enfrente de la principal del aposento o cuarto a un callejon alto que se entra luego a mano izquierda a seis pasos al aposento donde dormia el capitan, cuya ventana, que estaba a mano derecha, hacia fuera, que caia sobre las armas del cuerpo de guardia y junto al rincon que hace el torreon, y a la parte de adentro, a mano izquierda, en entrando en el aposento, estaban dos ventanas que caen al patio grande o zaguan, debajo los arcos, la una sobre el primer descanso de la escalera chica, y la otra en lo llano de debajo los arcos.
El espacio domestico como espacio epico en La Vida de Miguel de Castro
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