loggia
a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.
a space within the body of a building but open to the air on one side, serving as an open-air room or as an entrance porch.
Origin of loggia
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How to use loggia in a sentence
On the benches of the loggia men lie asleep in the shadow, and children chase one another among the statues.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThere in the loggia above the garden she dined with the newly-married ladies of the city.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonIn the background two maids search for a gown in a great chest under a loggia.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThe other loggia is on the ground-floor of his house on the bridge, and is covered with scenes in fresco.
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects | Giorgio VasariFtatateeta seats herself on the step of the loggia, and sits there, watching the scene with sybilline intensity.
Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for loggia
/ (ˈlɒdʒə, ˈlɒdʒɪə) /
a covered area on the side of a building, esp one that serves as a porch
an open balcony in a theatre
Origin of loggia
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