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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

Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to the throngs of people below, Francis said he grieved the “abominable attack” of Hamas against southern Israel on Oct.

From Seattle Times Dec. 25, 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

We followed him through one or two rooms to the open loggia, which was crowded.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

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

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

French doors line the home’s rear, opening to 2,000 square feet of loggias and verandas.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2019

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

From Southern Living Sep. 3, 2010

How I worked during those Milanese years: apses, loggias, transepts, win­dows, frescos!

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

In the same place, in another scene wherein he painted S. Mark healing a sick man, he made a perspective view of two staircases and many loggie.

From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by De Vere, Gaston du C.

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

From the /stanze/ Narcisse took Pierre to the /loggie/, those glazed galleries which are so high and so delicately decorated.

From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 by Zola, Émile

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

With regard to this temple, however, some persons declare that Fra Giocondo changed his mind, and wished to build two under the loggie, so as not to obstruct the piazza.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.




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