An arch, in the same style as the loggia, stands on Vicolo delle Fogge (between Casa di Pietà and Loggia del Consiglio): on it is the statue of Girolamo Fracastoro with the Panvinio epigraph; this statue was built by Cattaneo in 1559.

The illustrious physician and poet is dressed in the Roman style and holds the world in his hand in memory of his astronomical studies. The world in Fracastoro's hand gave rise to the popular legend according to which he would drop it on the head of the first gentleman who passes under it.