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 the atrium has taken the name that we will be able to observe in some buildings.
The atrium was the main courtyard with which some temples and domus, as the Roman single-family house in which families who had a certain economic level lived.
After accessing the domus through a vestibule that had small proportions, one reached the atrium, a characteristic element of these, covered and with a central opening through which the rainwater entered. In the atrium the center of domestic life convergedBecause there, for example, the statues of the ancestors were exhibited, offerings were made to the protective gods and it was even the place par excellence in which the owners of the house greeted.
Meanwhile, the atrium of Christian churches It takes the form of a porticoed courtyard that is located at the foot of the Church and was used to access it. In many cases it had a source.
At present, most 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.
Likewise, nowadays, the atrium of the churches fulfills the strict function of being the place where the recently married will greet the friends and relatives who attended the celebration of their marriage, taking up a little the custom of greeting of the dormus. .
On the other hand, the atrium turned out to be a enclosure specially used in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, since it turned out to be an architectural solution to the spiritual conquest needs 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 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.
