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Curtain wall

British pronunciation/kˈɜːtən wˈɔːl/
American pronunciation/kˈɜːtən wˈɔːl/
Curtain wall
[NOUN]
1

a non-structural exterior wall system made of lightweight materials, such as glass, providing a protective barrier and allowing natural light into a building

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1Parts of its 9-metre-high, brick curtain wall can still be seen today, incorporated into later Venetian fortifications.
2but the facade was intended to look like a grand castle you know like an epic huge incredible castle and they put up a curtain wall basically with windows that from the outside would appear to conceal residential rooms from the inside you'll see it's nothing more than a wall and the castle builders they they wanted to give this impression of something even more grand than what we see today i think that's interesting the notion of gluttony has always been a factor throughout times and in many incidences castles like this
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