tetrapyla

tet·ra·py·lon

[te-truh-pahy-lon]
noun, plural tet·ra·py·la [-luh] .
a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
Origin:
1900–05; < Greek, tetrápylon, noun use of neuter of tetrápylos having four gates. See tetra-, pylon

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