GRILLE, a French term for an enclosure in either iron or bronze ; there is no equivalent in English, "grating" applying more to a horizontal frame of bars over a sunken area, and "grate" to the iron bars of an open fireplace. The finest examples of the grille are those known as the rejas, which in Spanish churches form the enclosures of chapels, such as the reja in the Capilla Real at Gra nada in wrought iron partly gilt (1522). Similar grilles are em ployed to protect the ground-floor windows of mansions not only in Spain but in Italy and Germany. The finest grilles in Italy are the enclosures of the tombs of the Della Scalas at Verona (end of 13th century), in Germany the grille of the cenotaph of Maximilian at Innsbruck (early 16th century) and in France those which enclose the Place Stanislaus, the Place de la Carriere and the churches of Nancy, which were wrought by Jean Lamour in the middle of the 18th century. Generally, however, throughout Ger many the wrought iron grilles are fine examples of forging, and they are employed for the enclosures of the numerous fountains, in the tympana of gateways, and for the protection of windows.