The Origins of Pergolas
Scholars identified what’s believed to be the earliest surviving detailed garden plan (from about 1400 BCE) of a garden with a doorway aligned on a pergola, heavy with vines, leading to the dwelling’s entrance. The home belonged to an Egyptian high court official at Thebes, according to Encyclopedia Britannica contributor Gloria Lotha. And so, pergolas began.
“The Romans loved gardens,” Beesom writes. “It was the peristyle gardens at the heart of the household and the social importance of owning a garden that spurred their development.”
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