Loggia Palace

The Loggia Palace (Italian: palazzo della Loggia) is a Venetian Gothic palace in Koper, a port town in southwestern Slovenia. It is the only preserved Gothic town hall in Slovenia.

History

The earliest part of the existing building dates from 1462, when building work began on a replacement for an earlier Loggia that had stood in the same position on the north side of the main square of Koper, opposite the Praetorian Palace.[1]

Following a plague outbreak in Koper in 1553-1555,[2] the facade of the Loggia was embellished with coats-of-arms, and a terracotta statue of the Madonna and Child was erected in a niche above the left corner column.

Further work was carried out in 1698, when a second storey was added and the facade was extended with two additional arches taken from the west side of the palace.[3]

The Loggia currently houses a cafe on the ground floor.[4][5] In the second floor, it houses an art gallery operated by the Piran Coastal Galleries.

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References

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[1] ttp://www.slovenia.info/?arhitekturne_znamenitosti=8410

[2] ttp://www2.arnes.si/~mkralj/istra-history/modern.html

[3] ttp://istrianet.org/istria/architecture/index.htm

[4] ttp://kraji.eu/slovenija/koper_titov_trg/photos/eng

[5] ttp://primorska.info/novice/7386/vivat_loggia