Loggetta
The Loggetta ( Italian for "small loggia ") at the foot of the Markus Tower in Venice was built between 1537 and 1546 by Jacopo Sansovino . It served as a meeting place for the patricians of the city. In the reliefs and sculptures, the Republic of Venice with all its virtues - skill in war and in trade, political harmony, eloquence of its protagonists - is glorified and its love of peace and the special protection of the evangelist Mark are shown. When the Markus Tower collapsed in 1902, parts of their figurative decorations were destroyed.
literature
- Bruce Boucher: The Sculpture Art of Jacopo Sansovino's Time and the Late 16th Century in Venice. Volume I, edited by Gioandomenico Romanelli. Könemann, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89508-592-8 , p. 366.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 2.7 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 21.1 ″ E