These boulders could be raised upon pillars of gold.

In the interior of the fort was the sultan's palace, a ten-sided building upon high, wooden pillars, and two smaller buildings.

Noteworthy inside is the gallery upon eight-sided wooden pillars whose balustrade bears paintings of Bible stories.

The old high school was demolished and rebuilt upon pillars as the new elementary/middle school.

In the old days it had been a porte-cochere, used as a carriage entrance, with an extended roof set upon wooden pillars.

A kind of veranda, formed by the thatched roof, adorned the outside, supported upon wooden pillars, which had some pretensions to being carved.

Balanced upon sturdy pillars, the heavy stones had not budged during the convulsions of the earthquake, but now they twisted and rolled.

The interior was composed of an arch resting upon Corinthian pillars with handsomely carved and gilded capitals.

Through their colored glass a subdued light fell into the room and upon the richly decorated walls and pillars.

The Central City's regeneration process has been built upon the strength and pillars of successful private-public partnerships at both operational and strategic levels.