The Fina in Mediterranean architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 is a physical space used in urban design

Urban design

Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture and in more recent times has...

, corresponding to the approximately 1-meter-wide public space alongside buildings. It's used to describe the placement of design items within traditional architectural elements. It also mandates public rules of behaviour for the neighbours concerning the usage and maintenance of the Finas in their owned buildings.

Sabat

• The Sabat is a structure built between the opposite buildings on both sides of a narrow street. It must provide a passageway to respect the right of way
  Right of way (public throughway)
  Right of way is a term first used to describe the right to travel unhindered, to access a route regardless of land ownership or any other legality.The right of way may be limited...
  
  , and the supporting pillars of the resulting arch must be within the Fina.