noun, feminine/fa.sad/plural: façades
façade (of a building); façade (deceptive outward appearance)
“L'entrée principale, au centre de la façade, est précédée d'un perron. (The main entrance, in the center of the façade, is preceded by a flight of steps.)”
Borrowed from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin facies (“face”).