Meaning of portego | Babel Free

Definitions

A characteristic compositional element of the Venetian civil buildings built during the years of the Republic of Venice, similar to a reception hall but having peculiar features.

Examples

“The arrangement of the middle windows is a transferring, as it were, of the mediæval portegos into the artistic conditions of the Renaissance.”

“In the portego of the second floor are the only two canal views by Canaletto on show in public galleries in Venice.”

“Gilded console tables were set against the long, side walls of the portego.”

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