loggia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

loggia
    n 1: a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along
         the front or side of a building; often at an upper level

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Loggia \Log"gia\, n. [It. See {Lodge}.] (Arch.)
   A roofed open gallery. It differs from a {veranda} in being
   more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of
   the main edifice to which it is attached; from a {porch}, in
   being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door
   sitting-room.
   [1913 Webster]