Concept in Definition ABC

The atrium is that open and arcaded space that exists inside some buildings. Juan attended us in the atrium of his house.

Although in reality the most widespread and popular use of the word is to refer to that enclosure or closed space located at the entrance of some temples and palaces, that is to say, from here it is that it has taken the denomination the atrium that we can see in some buildings.

The atrium was the main courtyard with which some temples and domus counted, as the Roman single-family house in which families lived who had a certain economic level.
After entering the domus through a vestibule that had reduced proportions, one reached the atrium, a characteristic element of these, covered and with a central opening through which the Water of the rain. In the atrium the center of domestic life converged, because right there, for example, statues of the ancestors were exhibited, offerings were made to the protective gods and it even constituted the place par excellence in which the owners of the home.

Meanwhile, the atrium of Christian churches It assumes the form of a porticoed patio that is located at the foot of the Church and that was used to access it. In many cases it had a source.

In the presentMost of the churches conserve an atrium at their entrances; Although the shape is really diverse, generally, they are marked with columns and strings since it is considered a sacred place.
Also, today, the atrium of the churches fulfills the strict function of being the place in which the recently married will greet friends and relatives who attended the celebration from his marriage, taking up a little the habit of greeting of the Dormus.

On the other hand, the atrium turned out to be a enclosure specially used in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Spain, since it turned out to be a solution architectural at needs of conquest spiritual that there were in those times, as there were so many numbers of native inhabitants to evangelize, the priests used the atrium as an extension of the nave. And in the indigenous peoples, the atrium was also a central place for spiritual life, in addition to being the place where classes on different trades were taught.