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Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 16th century. The Palazzo style began in the early 16th century essentially as a revival style which drew, like Neoclassical architecture and Gothic Revival, upon archaeological styles of architecture, in this case the palaces of the Italian Renaissance.
The Palazzo Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso ˈvɛkkjo] "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria , which holds a copy of Michelangelo 's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi .
Palazzo Braschi – Last palace committed in Rome by the Pope for their families; Palazzo della Cancelleria – Former papal palace; Palazzo Carpegna; Palazzo Chigi – Seat of the Italian Cabinet; residence of the prime minister of Italy; Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – Also known as 'Square Colosseum', in the EUR district; Palazzo Colonna
The Palazzo Farnese houses the great scholarly library amassed by the Ecole Française de Rome, concentrating especially on the archeology of Italy and medieval Papal history. The Ecole Française de Rome embarked on a massive project of publishing as much of the documentation of the constructing of the palazzo, its frescoes and furnishings ...
The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo (Italian: [paˈlattso veˈnɛttsja]), formerly "'Palace of Saint Mark'", is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the north of the Capitoline Hill. Today the property of the Republic of Italy it houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia. The main (eastern) facade ...
Early, tinted 20th-century photograph of the Palazzo Pitti, then still known as La Residenza Reale following the residency of King Victor Emmanuel II between 1865 and 1871, when Florence was the capital of Italy. The Palazzo Pitti (Italian: [paˈlattso ˈpitti]), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance ...
Palazzo Zuccari, also called Palazzetto Zuccheri, is a 16th-century palace, located at the crossroads of via Sistina and via Gregoriana, with a Mannerist 16th-century facades on the latter street and a late Baroque facade on the piazza Trinità dei Monti in the Campo Marzio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. [1]
Only in 1918 was the Chamber definitively returned to the Palazzo Montecitorio. The return of the Chamber of Deputies to the palace followed extensive renovations, which left only the facade intact. The architect, Ernesto Basile, was an exponent of Art Nouveau, known in Italy as Liberty style. He reduced the courtyard, demolished the wings and ...