Florentine loggias are open galleries, supported by columns or arcades, inspired by Renaissance palaces in Florence. In Romania, notable examples can be found at the Mikes manor in Sâmbăta de Sus (Brașov County) and at the Balș house in Iași, where the twin loggias reproduce the proportions and ornamental details of Italian models, adapted however to local materials, such as Văleni stone.

Moldavian stonemasons adopted the classical orders from the treatises of Vignola and Palladio, but replaced the traditional acanthus with indigenous plant motifs: oak leaves, grapevines, and pomegranates. The columns of the Balș house in Iași illustrate this synthesis, preserving Corinthian proportions while adding a decorative repertoire specific to the local cultural landscape.

The cortile is an open inner courtyard, specific to Italian Renaissance villas, around which the rooms are organized. In Oltenia, at the Duca manor in Craiova and the Glogoveanu house, this model was reinterpreted by arranging symmetrical gardens with paved alleys, ornamental fountains, and wooden pavilions. The plant species used – roses, peonies, linden trees, and jasmine – created an atmosphere of intimacy and refinement, adapted to the local climate.

Study trips were essential for the training of 19th-century Transylvanian architects. Young men, such as those from the Mikes family, studied in Venice and Rome, where they drew and measured Renaissance monuments. Upon their return, they applied the proportions, orders, and ornamental details they had learned, integrating them into the architecture of manors and palaces in Transylvania and Moldavia, which led to a hybrid, specifically Romanian style.

In Transylvania, Renaissance influences manifested mainly through loggias and arcades, maintaining a direct link with models from northern Italy (Venice, Trento). In Moldavia, the reinterpretation was more strongly marked by neoclassical academicism, with Corinthian columns and triangular pediments, but also with local decorative insertions. The differences reflect both the available material resources (Văleni stone in Transylvania, Răchiteni stone in Moldavia) and the different training of the architects.

Yes, the Boboli Garden in Florence served as a model for several boyar gardens in Romania, especially in Oltenia and Muntenia. The symmetrical layout of the alleys, ornamental fountains, and wooden pavilions are elements taken directly. Concrete examples can be found at the Duca manor in Craiova and the Glogoveanu house, where the interior gardens reproduced the typology of the Florentine cortile, but with local plant species, such as linden and jasmine.