In my recently purchased apartment, I've come up with an idea for the hall as a part of interior designing. In my mother-tongue, we have **a term** for those three pits(?).

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> Vases in the wall? - I'm *not* okay with it. 
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How do we describe this in English? Non native speakers? I'm searching for the term that *describes* those three (without vases). They are three \_\_\_\_\_\_ in/on the wall. 

Here is the actual picture

[![three vases](https://i.stack.imgur.com/brg1w.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/brg1w.jpg)