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The word loggia originates from the Italian for ‘lodge’ and is an architectural term used for an outdoor corridor with a roof and outer wall built into the structure of the building but open to the elements.
They were introduced by the Romans to provide shade and are indented in the façade of a building instead of extending out and are supported by columns or decorative