loggia

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Every year thousands of people go to see these pictures and come away more than ever enraptured with Raphael and his work In the loggia are the paintings known collectively as Raphael's Bible.

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  1. noun An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.
  2. noun An open balcony in a theater.

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  • Donna Maria was no longer in the loggia, the awning concealed the whole space between the pillars. —  The Child of Pleasure
  • Every year thousands of people go to see these pictures and come away more than ever enraptured with Raphael and his work In the loggia are the paintings known collectively as Raphael's Bible. —  Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer
  • Amongst them they lifted the writhing victim to the parapet of the loggia, and flung him over; whilst Bertrand, Cabane, and Pace bore upon the rope, arresting his fall, and keeping him suspended there until he should be dead. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
  • Arm-in-arm they mounted the stairs to that sinister loggia, a half-dozen of Ludwig's escorting officers following They stepped along the tessellated floor above the Abbot's garden, flooded now with sunshine which drew the perfume from the roses blooming there Here the King slept," said Charles, "and yonder the Queen. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
  • Walls and floor of this loggia were tiled, and barred windows on either side the dais looked far down over a world which seemed all sky, sea, and garden. —  The Golden Silence
 

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  1. Italian, from Old Italian, from Old French loge; see loge.

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  1. Italian, = English lodge, q. v.
 

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/ˈlɑdʒə/
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