Loggias

In architecture, a loggia ( , usually , ) is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, usually on an upper level, but sometimes on the ground level of a building. The outer wall is open to the elements, usually supported by a series of columns or arches. They can be on principal fronts and/or sides of a building and are not meant for entrance but as an outdoor sitting room."Definition of Loggia"
Lexic.us. Retrieved on 2014-10-24. An overhanging loggia may be supported by a baldresca.

From the early Middle Ages, nearly every Italian comune had an open arched loggia in its main square, which served as a "symbol of communal justice and government and as a stage for civic ceremony".

Definition of the Roman loggia

The main difference between a loggia and a portico is the role within the functional layout of the building. The portico allows entrance to the inside from the exterior and can be found on vernacular and small scale buildings. Thus, it is found mainly on noble residences and public buildings. A classic use of both is that represented in the mosaics of Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo of the Royal Palace.

Loggias differ from verandas in that they are more architectural and, in form, are part of the main edifice in which they are located, while verandas are roofed structures attached on the outside of the main building."Veranda"
Merriam-Webster Disctionary Online. Retrieved on 2014-10-24. A "double loggia" occurs when a loggia is located on an upper floor level above a loggia on the floor beneath.

Examples

* In Italian architecture, a loggia often takes the form of a small, often ornate, summer house built on the roof of a residence to enjoy cooling winds and the view. They were especially popular in the 17th century and are prominent in Rome and Bologna, Italy.
* Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, contains three distinct sets of dorms connected by loggias. The main quad on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, prominently features loggias, as do the University Center and Purnell Center for the Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, which frame a quad known as the Cut.
* In the city centre of Chester in England, a number of timber-framed buildings dating from the medieval to Victorian periods have first-floor loggias called the Chester Rows.
* In Russia and Switzerland, a ''loggia'' can be a form of recessed balcony on a residential apartment building.
* A loggia was added to the Sydney Opera House in 2006.
* At the archeological site of Hagia Triada on the Greek island of Crete, several loggias constructed around 1400 BC have been located and whose column bases still remain.Vasilakis, Antonis. ''Phaistos''. Vasilis Kouvidis – Vasilis Manouras Editions, Iraklio, p. 118

File:10 2014 Trento-Castello Buonconsiglio-panorama Loggia veneziana gotica-Col Castion, Doss Trento, Mausoleo Cesare Battisti, Monte Soprasasso, Monte Terlago-ITALY- K-5 II -Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8-photo Paolo Villa.jpg, The Venetian Gothic loggia of the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento, Italy
File:Edificio La Inmobiliaria (loggia).JPG, The loggia of the Edificio La Inmobiliaria in Buenos Aires, Argentina
File:Santapollinarenuovo.JPG, A mosaic found in the nave of the 6th-century Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy depicts a loggia.
File:2014 02 13 14 09 50 Milano ITALY Pinacoteca di Brera loggia e colonnato del cortile Courtyard photo Paolo Villa FOTO3968.JPG, Loggia in the shape of a Venetian window, at the Palazzo Brera in Milan, Italy
File:Sárospatak - Vár - Perényi-szárny és Lórántffy loggia - panoramio.jpg, The 17th-century Renaissance Lorántffy loggia in the Castle of Sárospatak, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

See also

* Madonna della Loggia (Botticelli)
* Baldresca
*Peristyle
*Portico
*Veranda

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