loggia
Americannoun
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loggias,
plural
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loggie
plural
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a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.
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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.
noun
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a covered area on the side of a building, esp one that serves as a porch
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an open balcony in a theatre
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of loggia
From Italian, dating back to 1735–45; see origin at lodge
Vocabulary lists containing loggia
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The property also boasted 2.76 acres, a loggia, and a pool.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 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
She was probably still kneeling by that chair in the loggia, crying.
From Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley
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
Outside, cozy courtyards and loggias fill out the landscaped grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 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
Every one knows Bath Street with its colonnaded loggias on each side terminated with a crescent at each end, and leading to the Cross Bath in the centre of the eastern crescent.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Guilio Romano, who had assisted Raffaele to paint the loggie of the Vatican, exercised an influence in France, which was transmitted by his pupils for generations.
From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield
At the Viola, for the Cardinal of Ivrea, he painted three loggie in fresco, each containing two scenes, executed in colour from designs by other painters, and yet finished with much diligence.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto by Gaston du C. De Vere
On the piazza, under the shadow of the beautiful loggie, the market-women are gathering up the bright fruits from the stalls and folding their red umbrellas, and thanking the saint for a profitable feast-day.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
Pergolas of vines, bronzed in autumn, and golden green like chrysoprase beneath an April sun, fling their tendrils over white walls and shady loggie.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds
In like manner, he executed a courtyard in chiaroscuro for Signor ..., with some loggie, which are very beautiful, rich in ornaments, and well painted.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto by Gaston du C. De Vere
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