Loggia Valmarana, Renaissance pavilion in Giardini Salvi, Vicenza, Italy

Loggia Valmarana is a Renaissance pavilion in the Salvi Gardens featuring six Doric columns arranged in a temple-like form. The structure sits beside the Seriola Canal and is surrounded by maintained green spaces.

The loggia was probably built in 1591 by a pupil of Andrea Palladio for Gian Luigi Valmarana, who wanted a meeting place for intellectuals and academics. The gardens were opened in 1592 by Leonardo Valmarana, as a plaque on the loggia records; he made them public, and they were later closed for about two centuries. In the 19th century the park became an English garden and was reopened to the public only in the 20th century.

The structure was a place where affluent Renaissance families gathered for conversation and to strengthen their social bonds. It reflects how social life in the Veneto region was shaped and displayed through architecture.

The loggia stands inside the Salvi Gardens, entered from the Corso Palladio side; the Seriola Canal borders the gardens and was crossed by a wooden bridge when they opened in 1592. The gardens were closed for a couple of centuries before reopening to the public in the twentieth century.

The gardens opened in 1592 with a wooden bridge over the newly dug Seriola Canal, allowing visitors to cross; the opening date and Leonardo Valmarana's name are displayed in the loggia itself. On the park's west side stands a three-arched seventeenth-century Lombard loggia by Baldassarre Longhena.