- published: 17 Sep 2012
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A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court.
Courtyards—private open spaces surrounded by walls or buildings—have been in use in residential architecture for almost as long as people have lived in constructed dwellings. The earliest known courtyard houses were built in Iran and China and date as far back as 3000 BC. Courtyards have historically been used for many purposes including cooking, sleeping, working, playing, gardening, and even places to keep animals.
Before courtyards, open fires were kept burning in a central place within a home, with only a small hole in the ceiling overhead to allow smoke to escape. Over time, these small openings were enlarged and eventually led to the development of the centralized open courtyard we know today. Courtyard homes have been designed and built throughout the world with many variations.
Tell me friend
Do you linger in your head
Can you taste it still like yesterdays
Those memories
They wash all over me
They make waves that cry out for all she's seen
All we want will come you see
And all we see will make us be
Leave it up to me
I know you're hungry baby
You can't see now
Leave it up to me
Just close your eyes I'll carry
We'll get there somehow
Tell me friend
Do you linger in your heart
Can you taste it still like yesterdays
Those memories
They wash all over me
They make waves that cry out for all she's seen
Well all we want will come this see
And all we see will make us be
Leave it up to me
I know you're hungry baby
You can't see now
Leave it up to me
Just close your eyes I'll carry
We'll get there somehow
Leave it up to me
I know you're hungry baby
You can't see now
Leave it up to me