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loggia

[loj-uh, loh-jee-uh, lawd-jah] / ˈlɒdʒ ə, ˈloʊ dʒi ə, ˈlɔd dʒɑ /




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“A defining highlight of the first floor is the breathtaking loggia, opening to a 100-foot west-facing terrace that frames unobstructed river views,” the listing notes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

While such preparatory drawings often focused on the figures alone, Filippino devotes equal attention to the architectural setting, in this case an open loggia on which the saint is enthroned and surrounded by angels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

The site in Trastevere identified as the oldest synagogue in Rome — a humble brick house with a small arched loggia at narrow, cobbled Vicolo dell’Atleta, 14 — is not classical but medieval.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

Catholic traditionalists were wary when Francis emerged as pope for the first time on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica without the red cape that his predecessors had worn for formal events.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

There is something rather handsome in its tall three-arched loggia, as seen from the back of the courtyard, which overhangs the Tiber opposite the Farnesina.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

The seven-bedroom main residence is Mediterranean in style, with a dramatic entry atrium, high coffered ceilings, expansive living and entertaining areas, covered loggias and a club-style game room and billiards lounge with a full bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Records show he bought the estate in 2007 and erected a Mediterranean-style showplace filled with ivy-covered loggias, plaster walls and a clay tile roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

Her exaltation extends beyond the pension to loggias, chapels, Michelangelo sculptures, Fra Angelico frescos, “miraculous” pastries and scrumptious Florentine men.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2017

Permanent structures like loggias, gazebos, and covered patios can solve both problems. 

From Southern Living ● Sep. 3, 2010

Its tiled roof and wide loggias were just visible from the road; but the Mirador, to which the driver pointed, was in plain sight.

From Where the Path Breaks by Charles de Créspigny

We walked at night in the open galleries of the cathedral cloister—white, smoothly curving, well-proportioned loggie, enclosing a green space, whence soars the campanile to the stars.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown

His mise en scène is invariably borrowed from luxurious Italian palaces—large open courts and loggie, crowded with guests and lacqueys—tables profusely laden with gold and silver plate.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds

It may also have been at this time that the loggie of San Francesco were built for the purpose of erecting booths during the festival of the "Pardon of St. Francis."

From The Story of Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon

Perfect, in its prime, was the marble Ca'd'Oro, with the noble recesses of its loggie, but even then it probably never "met a want," like the successful vaporetto.

From Italian Hours by Henry James

On the ground-floor there are two courtyards with magnificent loggie, on which open saloons, chambers, antechambers, studies, closets, stove-rooms, kitchens, wells, and staircases both secret and public, all most convenient.

From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by Gaston du C. De Vere


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