Meanings (ES + gloss)
fachada • frontis • frontispicio
The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were[…]ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence.
Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental façad…
fachada
A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.