Yes, made me look out for loggias all through our trip! Also, the Greek equivalent for the loggia would be the stoa, usually with columns rather than arches, but serving a similar function I would think—a protected public space for all sorts of activities: political, commercial, artistic. The stoa in Athens had famous pictures and momentos. And of course giving its name to a whole philosophical movement, the Stoics, who happened to get their start in this convenient setting.
You're right - I had not thought about the genealogy here. It makes sense that the style would have moved to Italy via Greek colonisation of the peninsula, given the movement of temple architecture and city plans as well. One of the things I love about travelling in the Mediterranean is the layered grammar of millennia of contact!
Yes, made me look out for loggias all through our trip! Also, the Greek equivalent for the loggia would be the stoa, usually with columns rather than arches, but serving a similar function I would think—a protected public space for all sorts of activities: political, commercial, artistic. The stoa in Athens had famous pictures and momentos. And of course giving its name to a whole philosophical movement, the Stoics, who happened to get their start in this convenient setting.
You're right - I had not thought about the genealogy here. It makes sense that the style would have moved to Italy via Greek colonisation of the peninsula, given the movement of temple architecture and city plans as well. One of the things I love about travelling in the Mediterranean is the layered grammar of millennia of contact!