[ noun ] a framework that supports climbing plants <noun.artifact> the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
Pergola \Per"go*la\, n. [It., fr. L. pergula shed, shop, vine arbor.] Lit., an arbor or bower; specif.: (Italian art) An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
North of the house is a wisteria pergola and a semi-circular rose garden punctuated by columnar junipers. Where the terraces end the rolling countryside begins.