The loggia delle Benedizioni or loggia dei papi (right) (papal loggia; loggia des papes) ; at the Papal Palace (Palazzo dei Papi; palais des papes; Palast der Papste) 13th century.Roofless loggia with a seven-bay arcade; supported by slender doubled columns and decorated with crests and reliefs.Built in 1267 le loggia is typified by many trefoil pointed archs which constitute the scene of San Lorenzo Plaza.- The ancient Italian city of Viterbo (Viterbe) became a papal city in 1243. During the later thirteenth century; the city was the site of five papal elections and the residence of seven popes and their Curias. Viterbo. Italy. 2020.