Young Blonde Girl On The Terrace With A Comfortable Chair

Balcony (from Italian: balcone, scaffold; cf. Old High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh), a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade.
Types
The traditional Maltese balcony is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a wall.