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Quadriga   Listen
noun
Quadriga  n.  (pl. quadrigae)  (Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Quadriga" Quotes from Famous Books



... Piazzetta consists of the quiet and beautiful facade of Sansovino's Old Library. To see it properly one should sit down at ease under the Doge's arcade or mount to the quadriga gallery of S. Mark's. Its proportions seem to me perfect, but Baedeker's description of it as the most magnificent secular edifice in Italy seems odd with the Ducal Palace so near. They do not, however, conflict, for the Ducal Palace is so gay and light, and this so serious and stately. ...
— A Wanderer in Venice • E.V. Lucas



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