probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh;[1]) is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets,
in traditional stagings of the scene that has come to be known as the "balcony scene" in William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet
their balcony designs often refer to the origin of the design, e.g. Italian balcony, Spanish balcony, Mexican balcony, Ecuadorian balcony.
