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- n a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
- However, the lobby accessed via a courtyard bordered by a loggia and decorated with 15th century bas-reliefs of classical scenes is a reminder of the magnificence that .
- Sheldon Adelson, son of a Boston cabbie, is strolling down the loggia of the Doges Palace, Venice's famous landmark.
- The modern world has never seen more than a faded hint of the magnificent frescoes executed by Raphael for the Vatican Palace's second-floor loggia.