loggia
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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
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
Within an hour, he appeared on its loggia before hundreds of thousands of onlookers and announced his name, Benedict XVI.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
Antonio Lassi was met everywhere with hoots and cries, and Checco d'Orsi, meeting him in the loggia of the piazza, had assailed him with taunts and bitter sarcasms.
From The Making of a Saint by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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
Vintage lampposts light manicured gardens outside, and the private grounds also feature fountains, loggias, lawns, terraces, a tennis court and Olympic-size swimming pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
Chigi brought in the finest artists of the day to fresco the loggias; the result is a delightful crazy quilt of mythological scenes and astrological symbols.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
Permanent structures like loggias, gazebos, and covered patios can solve both problems.
From Southern Living ● Sep. 3, 2010
The structure comprises three parts; a large central building with hip-roofed wings for offices connected with the main building by open arcaded loggias.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
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 Gordon, Lina Duff
Statues of Judith, the tyrannicide, and of David, the liberator of his country, adorned the squares and loggie of Florence.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
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 De Vere, Gaston du C.
I strolled into one of the broad loggie of the hotel, from whence I could see a portion of the Piazza del Popolo, and lighting a cigar, I leisurely watched the frolics of the crowd.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
The fine façade, with its embayed loggie and flanking turrets, is placed too close upon the city ramparts for its due effect.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes