1.   Ornate columns of Manchurian oak soar above the bureaucratic babble.

2.   The floor lies deep in rubble, and an ornate column sprawls across the porch.

3.   The Cistern Basilica, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, is an underground reservoir supported by ornate columns from the Byzantine era.

4.   The Cistern Basilica, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, is an underground cistern supported by ornate columns from the Byzantine era.

5.   Two ornate columns on Capitol facade were blackened by smoke to the third floor level, with the truck jammed between them.