Loggia Palace
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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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Coordinates: 45°32′54.34″N 13°43′47.04″E / 45.5484278°N 13.7297333°E
- Buildings and structures completed in 1462
- Houses completed in 1698
- Palaces and mansions in Koper
- Gothic palaces
- Gothic architecture in Slovenia
- City and town halls in Slovenia
- Loggias