Sentence:  One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the <WSD>peristyle</WSD> have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. (from 17th c.)