List of palazzi in Italy
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This is a list of the most important palace
Palace
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word itself is derived from the Latin name Palātium, for Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills in Rome. In many parts of Europe, the...

s in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, sorted by city.

Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

  • Palazzo d'Accursio
    Palazzo d'Accursio
    thumb|260px|Palazzo d'Accursio.Palazzo d'Accursio is a palace in Bologna, Italy. It is located on the Piazza Maggiore and had been the city's Town Hall until 11 November 2008....

  • Palazzo Albergati
  • Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio - Former University of Bologna
    University of Bologna
    The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...

  • Palazzo Comunale
  • Palazzo Magnani
    Palazzo Magnani
    thumb|250px|The late Renaissance façade of the palace.Palazzo Magnani is a palace in Bologna, Italy, built by the noble family with the same name....

  • Palazzo dei Notai
    Palazzo dei Notai
    thumb|280px|Palazzo dei Notai.Palazzo dei Notai is a palace in Bologna, Italy. Facing the Piazza Maggiore, it was built in 1381 by the city's notaries guild as their seat, under design by Berto Cavalletto and Lorenzo da Bagnomarino....

  • Palazzo Orsi Mangelli
    Palazzo Orsi Mangelli
    Palazzo Orsi Mangelli is located in Via Diaz, 45. It hosts offices of the Polo Scientifico Didattico di Forlì, a branch of the University of Bologna....

  • Palazzo del Podestà
    Palazzo del Podestà
    The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy.The edifice was built around 1200 as the seat of the local podestà, the various functionaries of the commune. It stands on the Piazza Maggiore, near the Palazzo Communale and facing the Basilica of St. Petronio...

  • Palazzo Poggi
  • Palazzo Re Enzo
    Palazzo Re Enzo
    Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace in Bologna, northern Italy. It takes its name from Enzio of Sardinia, Frederick II's son, who was prisoner here from 1249 until his death in 1272....


Caserta
Caserta
Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial and industrial comune and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range...

  • Reggia di Caserta
    Caserta Palace
    The Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century...

  • Palazzo Reale - Former royal residence for Bourbon
    House of Bourbon
    The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

     kings of Napoli

Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

  • Palazzo dei Diamanti
    Palazzo dei Diamanti
    Palazzo dei Diamanti is a palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este 21 in Ferrara, northern Italy. It is one of the most famous palaces in Italy, as well one of the most influential examples of European Renaissance architecture.-History:...

     - Currently houses 'Pinacoteca Nazionale'
  • Palazzo Costabili - Also known as Palazzo di Ludovico il Moro
  • Palazzo del Municipio
  • Palazzo della Ragione
  • Palazzo Sacrati
  • Palazzo Schifanoia
    Palazzo Schifanoia
    Palazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna built for the Este family. The name "Schifanoia" is thought to originate from "schivar la noia" meaning literally to "escape from boredom" which describes accurately the original intention of the palazzo and the other villas...


Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

  • Palazzo Antinori
    Palazzo Antinori
    Palazzo Antinori is a Renaissance palace in Florence, central Italy. It is located at one end of Via de' Tornabuoni-History:The palace was built in 1461-1469, perhaps under the design of Giuliano da Maiano, for Giovanni di Bono Boni...

  • Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali (Florence)
    Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali (Florence)
    The Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali is a building in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. It was designed in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1871, and is one of the very few purpose built commercial buildings in the centre of the city....

  • Palazzo Bardi
  • Bargello
    Bargello
    The Bargello, also known as the Bargello Palace or Palazzo del Popolo is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy.-Terminology:...

     - Also known as the 'Palazzo del Popolo'
  • Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
  • Palazzo Borghese
  • Palazzo Budini Gattai
  • Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate
    Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate
    Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate is a residential palace in Florence, Italy.-Description:The palace was built perhaps by Lorenzo di Bicci for Niccolò da Uzzano. It was finished around 1426...

  • Palazzo Corsini
  • Palazzo Davanzati
    Palazzo Davanzati
    Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.-History:Palazzo Davanzati was erected in the second half of the 14th century by the Davizzi family, who were wealthy members of the wool guild. In 1516 it was sold to the Bartolini and, later that...

  • Palazzo Fenzi
    Palazzo Fenzi
    Palazzo Fenzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.Built in the 16th century for the Castelli family by Gherardo Silvani, it was later enlarged by the Marucelli family...

  • Palazzo Ginori
  • Palazzo Gondi
    Palazzo Gondi
    Palazzo Gondi is a palace in Florence, Italy, located a block from Piazza della Signoria.It was built in 1490 under design by Giuliano da Sangallo, who was inspired by other major works of stately buildings in the city, such as Palazzo Medici and Palazzo Strozzi...

  • Palazzo Guadagni
  • Palazzo Guicciardini
  • Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
  • Palazzo Mozzi
    Palazzo Mozzi
    Palazzo Mozzi or Palazzo de' Mozzi is an early Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy.The palazzo was built by the Mozzi family between 1260 and 1273 as a fortification for the Ponte alle Grazie. The palazzo was modified in the 14th century to a Renaissance house...

  • Palazzo Niccolini
  • Palazzo Panciatichi
    Palazzo Panciatichi
    Palazzo Panciatichi or Palazzo del Balì is a medieval building in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.It was begun in 1320 by Vinciguerra Panciatichi, a rich Ghibelline banker, as a fortified private residence. It has a stone façade with three floors ending with a large Renaissance gutter...

  • Palazzo Pandolfini
  • Palazzo Pazzi
  • Palazzo Pitti
    Palazzo Pitti
    The Palazzo Pitti , in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio...

     - Largest museum complex in Firenze
  • Palazzo del Podestà
    Palazzo del Podestà
    The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy.The edifice was built around 1200 as the seat of the local podestà, the various functionaries of the commune. It stands on the Piazza Maggiore, near the Palazzo Communale and facing the Basilica of St. Petronio...

  • Palazzo Pucci
  • Palazzo Quaratesi
  • Palazzo Rucellai
    Palazzo Rucellai
    Palazzo Rucellai is a palatial 15th century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy. The Rucellai Palace is believed by most scholars to have been designed by Leon Battista Alberti between 1446 and 1451 and executed, at least in part, by Bernardo Rossellino...

  • Palazzo Spini Feroni
    Palazzo Spini Feroni
    Palazzo Spini Ferroni is a building in piazza Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy, the grandest private medieval house-palace in the city.-History:...

  • Palazzo Strozzi
    Palazzo Strozzi
    Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.-History:The construction of the palace begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano, for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued...

  • Palazzo Tornabuoni
  • Palazzo del Tribunale di Mercanzia
  • Uffizi
    Uffizi
    The Uffizi Gallery , is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world.-History:...

  • Palazzo Uguccioni
    Palazzo Uguccioni
    Palazzo Uguccioni is a Renaissance palace on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, central Italy.The palace was built, over pre-existing structures, for Giovanni Uguccioni starting from 1550...

  • Palazzo Vecchio
    Palazzo Vecchio
    The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. This massive, Romanesque, crenellated fortress-palace is among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany...

     - Also known as the Palazzo della Signoria
  • Palazzo Ximenes da Sangallo
  • Palazzo Zuccari
    Palazzo Zuccari
    Palazzo Zuccari is a 16th century palace in Florence built by Federico Zuccari....


Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

  • Palazzo Bianco
    Palazzo Bianco (Genoa)
    Palazzo Bianco is one of the main buildings of the center of Genoa, Italy. It is situated at 11, via Garibaldi ....

  • Palazzo Cattaneo Adorno
  • Palazzo Cambiaso
  • Palazzo Carrega Cataldi
  • Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
  • Palazzo Doria Tursi - Currently the City Hall of Genoa
    Genoa
    Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

  • Palazzo Ducale
  • Palazzo Durazzo-Pallavicini
  • Palazzo Gambaro
  • Palazzo Giustiniani
  • Palazzo Imperiale
  • Palazzo Pallavicino Cambiaso
  • Palazzo Podestà
  • Palazzo del Principe
  • Palazzo Reale
  • Palazzo Rosso
  • Palazzo San Giorgio
    Palazzo San Giorgio
    The Palazzo San Giorgio or Palace of St. George is a palace in Genoa, Italy. It is situated in the Piazza Caricamento....

  • Palazzo Sauli
  • Palazzo Spinola
  • Palazzo dell'Università

Grosseto
Grosseto
Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....

  • Palazzo Aldobrandeschi
    Palazzo Aldobrandeschi
    Palazzo Aldobrandeschi is a palace in Grosseto, Italy. It is situated in Piazza Dante.-History:During the Middle Ages, it was the house of the Aldobrandeschi family. It was almost entirely rebuilt in the early 19th century by the architect Lorenzo Porciatti...

  • Palazzo Comunale
  • Palazzo del Genio Civile
  • Palazzo del Monte dei Paschi
  • Palazzo del Vecchio Tribunale
  • Palazzo Moschini
  • Palazzo Tognetti

Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...

  • Palazzo Arco
  • Palazzo Bonacolsi
    Palazzo Bonacolsi
    Palazzo Castiglioni/Bonacolsi is a building in Mantua, northern Italy, located in Piazza Sordello in front of the Ducal Palace. The Bonacolsi family ruled Mantua during the thirteenth century, until on August 16, 1328, the last Bonacolsi, Rinaldo, was overthrown in a revolt backed by the Gonzaga,...

  • Palazzo Ducale
  • Palazzo Te
  • Palazzo degli Uberti

Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

  • Palazzo Ducale
    Ducal Palace of Modena
    The Ducal Palace of Modena is a Baroque palace in Modena, Italy. It was the residence of the Este Dukes of Modena between 1452 and 1859. It currently houses a portion of the Italian Military Academy.-History:...

     - Now a military academy
  • Palazzo di Musei

Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

  • Palazzo Arcivescovile
  • Palazzo Como
    Palazzo Como
    The Cuomo Palace is a museum in Naples, southern Italy. Its Renaissance ashlar facade opens to Via Duomo, just north of the intersection of Corso Umberto, the boulevard that runs through the downtown area....

  • Palazzo Doria d'Angri
    Palazzo Doria d'Angri
    The Palazzo Doria d’Angri is an historic building and monument in Naples in southern Italy. It was begun by Luigi Vanvitelli on commission of Marcantonio Doria and was finished by the architect's son Carlo Vanvitelli in the late 18th century...

  • Palazzo Reale
    Royal Palace (Naples)
    The Royal Palace is a palace in Naples, southern Italy. It is one of the four residences used by the Bourbon Kings of Naples during their rule of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies : one is in Caserta, another on the Capodimonte hill overlooking Naples, and the third is in Portici on the slopes of...

  • Palazzo Serra di Cassano
    Palazzo Serra di Cassano
    Palazzo Serra di Cassano is a building in Naples, Italy, built for the wealthy Serra Family, one of the original 54 families of the 'old nobility' of Genoa, whose family was organized within an Albergo . The family insignia is frescoed on the ceiling of the Palazzo Serra's Great Hall...

  • Royal Palace (or Reggia) of Capodimonte - Summer palace of the kings of the Two Sicilies, now site of the museum of Capodimonte.

Padova

  • Palazzo del Bò
  • Palazzo del Capitanio
  • Palazzo Moroni
  • Palazzo della Ragione
    Palazzo della Ragione
    The Palazzo della Ragione is a Medieval town hall building in Padua, in the Veneto region of ItalyThe building, with its great hall on the upper floor, is reputed to have the largest roof unsupported by columns in Europe; the hall is nearly rectangular, its length 81.5m, its breadth 27m, and its...

     - Reputed to have the largest roof unsupported by columns
  • Palazzo Zuckerman

Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

  • Palazzo Abatellis
    Palazzo Abatellis
    Palazzo Abatellis is a palace in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Kalsa quarter. It is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia .-History:...

  • Palazzo Ajutamicristo
    Palazzo Ajutamicristo
    Palazzo Ajutamicristo is a palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.It was constructed by Guglielmo Ajutamicristo, Baron of Misilmeri and Calatafimi between 1495 and 1501. Originally a merchant Ajutamicristo made his fortune trading in Sicilian cheese and cereals...

  • Palazzo Arcivescovile
  • Palazzo Chiaramonte
    Palazzo Chiaramonte
    thumb|250px|Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri.Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri is a historical palace in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy.The building was begun in the early 14th century, and was the residence of the powerful Sicilian lord Manfredi III Chiaramonte...

  • Palazzo Isnello
    Palazzo Isnello
    Palazzo Isnello is an historic palazzo situated between the ancient Cassaro street and Piazza Borsa, in the Kalsa quarter of Palermo, Sicily....

  • Palazzo dei Normanni
    Palazzo dei Normanni
    The Palazzo dei Normanni or Royal Palace of Palermo is a palace in Palermo, Italy. It was the seat of the Kings of Sicily during the Norman domination and served afterwards as the main seat of power for the subsequent rulers of Sicily...

     - Former residence of Holy Roman Emperors and kings of Sicily
  • Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi
    Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi
    Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi is the large ancestral townhouse of firstly the Princes Valguarnera and then the Princes Gangi, situated in the Piazza Croce dei Vespri, Palermo, Sicily...


Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

  • Palazzo del Conservatore
  • Palazzo del Giardino
  • Palazzo del Governatore
  • Palazzo della Pilotta
    Palazzo della Pilotta
    The Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices in the historical centre of Parma, in northern Italy. Its name derives from the game of pelota.-History:...


Piacenza
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...

  • Palazzo Farnese
    Palazzo Farnese (Piacenza)
    240px|thumb|The project for the façade of Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza, by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola.240px|thumb|The court.Palazzo Farnese is a palace in Piacenza, northern Italy.- History :...

  • Palazzo dei Mercanti
  • Palazzo Pubblico
    Palazzo Pubblico
    The Palazzo Pubblico is a palace in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podestà and Council of Nine....


Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

  • Palazzo Agostini
  • Palazzo della Carovana
    Palazzo della Carovana
    Palazzo della Carovana is a palace in Knights' Square, Pisa, Italy, presently housing the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa....

     - The main building of Scuola Normale di Pisa
  • Palazzo dei Cavalieri di Santo Stefano
  • Palazzo del Collegio Puteano
    Palazzo del Collegio Puteano
    The Palazzo del Collegio Puteano is a building in Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa, Italy.The palace, located near to the Church of St Rocco, was built in the present form between 1549 and 1598, by joining a group of previous houses.In 1605, it was given in perpetual rent to the Knights of St Stephen,...

  • Palazzo Gambacorti
  • Palazzo Medici
  • Palazzo delle Vedove
    Palazzo delle Vedove
    The Palazzo delle Vedove is a palace in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.The palace, built in the 12th–14th centuries, is sited land which in antique times was the domus of the Bocci family of Pisa. Detail of the medieval edifice can still be seen in the exterior, including a marble quadruple mullioned window...


Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

  • Palazzo Altavity
  • Palazzo Altemps
  • Palazzo Altieri
    Palazzo Altieri
    thumb|300 px|The Palazzo AltieriPalazzo Altieri is a palace in Rome, which was the home of the Altieri family in the city. The palace faces the square in front of the Church of the Gesù.-The Altieri:...

  • Palazzo Baldassini
    Palazzo Baldassini
    Palazzo Baldassini is a palace in Rome, Italy, designed by the Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in about 1516-1519. It was designed for the papal jurist from Naples, Melchiorre Baldassini...

  • Palazzo Barberini
    Palazzo Barberini
    Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, facing the piazza of the same name in Rione Trevi and is home to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.-History:...

     - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
  • Palazzo Borghese
    Palazzo Borghese
    Palazzo Borghese is a palace in Rome, Italy, the main seat of the Borghese family in. It was nicknamed il Cembalo due to its unusual trazezoidal groundplan; its shortest front faces the River Tiber...

  • Palazzo Brancaccio
  • Palazzo Braschi
    Palazzo Braschi
    Palazzo Braschi is a large Neoclassical palace in Rome, Italy and is located between the Piazza Navona, the Campo de' Fiori, the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Piazza di Pasquino. It presently houses the Museo di Roma, the civic museum of Rome....

     - Last palace committed in Rome by the Pope for their families
  • Palazzo della Cancelleria
    Palazzo della Cancelleria
    The Palazzo della Cancelleria is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between the present Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Campo de' Fiori, in the rione of Parione...

     - Former papal palace
  • Palazzo Carpegna
  • Palazzo Chigi
    Palazzo Chigi
    The Palazzo Chigi is a palace or noble residence in Rome, overlooking the Piazza Colonna and the Via del Corso. It was begun in 1562 by Giacomo della Porta and completed by Carlo Maderno in 1580 for the Aldobrandini family. In 1659 it was purchased by the Chigi family. It was then remodelled by...

     - Seat of the Italian Cabinet; Residence of the Prime Minister
    Prime minister
    A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

     of Italy
  • Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
    Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
    The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato , is an icon of Fascist architecture. It lies in the district of Rome known as the Esposizione Universale Roma...

     - Also known as 'Square Colosseum', in the EUR
    Esposizione Universale Roma
    EUR is a residential and business district in Rome, Italy, located south of the city center. The area was originally chosen in 1930s as the site for the 1942 world's fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism. EUR was also designed to direct the expansion of...

     district
  • Palazzo Colonna
    Palazzo Colonna
    The Palazzo Colonna is a palatial block of buildings in central Rome, Italy, at the base of the Quirinal Hill, and adjacent to the church of Santi Apostoli...

  • Palazzo dei Congressi
    Palazzo dei Congressi
    Palzzo dei Congressi is a venue located in Rome, Italy. Constructed originally for the 1942 Universial Exposition, but cancelled to World War II, it hosted the fencing and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon events for the 1960 Summer Olympics....

  • Palazzo dei Conservatori - Gallery founded in 1471, located in Campidoglio
  • Palazzo della Consulta
    Palazzo della Consulta
    The Palazzo della Consulta is a late Baroque palace in central Rome, Italy, that now houses the Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic...

  • Palazzo Corsini
    Palazzo Corsini
    The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-baroque palace in Rome, erected for the Corsini family between 1730-1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a 15th-century villa of the Riario family, based on designs of Ferdinando Fuga. It is located in the Trastevere section of the city,...

     - Office of the Accademia dei Lincei
    Accademia dei Lincei
    The Accademia dei Lincei, , is an Italian science academy, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy....

  • Palazzo Donatelli-Ricci
  • Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
  • Palazzo delle Esposizioni
    Palazzo delle Esposizioni
    The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome.Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via...

     - Rome's largest exhibition space
  • Palazzo Farnese
    Palazzo Farnese, Rome
    Palazzo Farnese is a High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French embassy and the Ecole Française de Rome ....

     - Currently French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     Embassy in Italy
  • Palazzo della Farnesina
    Palazzo della Farnesina
    The Palazzo della Farnesina is an Italian government building located between Monte Mario and the Tiber River in the Foro Italico area in Rome, Italy...

  • Palazzo di Giustizia - Supreme Court of Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  • Palazzo Grassi
    Palazzo Grassi
    Palazzo Grassi is an edifice in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, northern Italy...

  • Palazzo Grazioli
    Palazzo Grazioli
    Palazzo Grazioli is a building situated at Via del Plebiscito 102 between the Palazzo Doria Pamphili and Palazzo Altieri in Rome, Italy, in an area rich in archaeological remains of ancient Rome, the result of numerous modifications and restoration work carried out by several noble Roman families...

  • Palazzo Lancellotti ai Coronari
  • Palazzo Laterano
    Lateran Palace
    The Lateran Palace , formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran , is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main Papal residence....

     - Seat of the Archdiocese of Rome
    Archdiocese of Rome
    The Diocese of Rome is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Rome, Italy. The bishop of Rome is the Pope, who is the Supreme Pontiff and leader of the Catholic Church...

  • Palazzo Madama
    Palazzo Madama
    Palazzo Madama is a palace in Rome that is currently the home of the Senate of the Italian Republic.It was built atop the ruins of the ancient baths of Nero, next to Piazza Navona...

     - Seat of the Italian Senate
    Italian Senate
    The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...

  • Palazzo Malta
    Palazzo Malta
    Palazzo Malta, which is sometimes referred to as Palazzo di Malta or Palazzo dell'Ordine di Malta, is the more important of the two headquarters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , an order of chivalry...

  • Palazzo Mancini
    Palazzo Mancini
    The Palazzo Mancini is a palazzo in Rome, Italy. From 1737 to 1793 it was the second home of the French Academy in Rome.-History:In 1634 Lorenzo Mancini, brother of cardinal Francesco Maria Mancini, married Geronima Mazzarino, sister of cardinal Mazarin...

  • Palazzo Margherita
  • Palazzo Massimi
  • Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
    Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
    The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy. The palace was designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in 1532-1536 on a site of three contiguous palaces owned by the old Roman Massimo family and built after arson destroyed the earlier structures during the Sack of Rome...

  • Palazzo Massimo alle Terme - Main branch of National Museum of Rome
    National Museum of Rome
    The National Museum of Rome is a set of museums in Rome, Italy, split among various branches across the city...

  • Palazzo Mattei
    Palazzo Mattei
    thumb|250px|right|The courtyard of the Palazzo Mattei di Giove.The Palazzo Mattei di Giove is the most prominent among a group of Mattei houses that forms the insula Mattei in Rome, Italy, a block of buildings of many epochs...

  • Palazzo Montecitorio
    Palazzo Montecitorio
    The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.- History :The building was originally designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the young Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of Pope Gregory XV...

     - Italian Parliament
    Parliament
    A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

  • Palazzo Muti
    Palazzo Muti
    The Palazzo Muti should not be confused with the Palazzo Muti Papazzurri in the Piazza della Pilotta which was designed by Mattia de' Rossi in 1660....

  • Palazzo Nuovo - Comprising the Capitoline Museums
    Capitoline Museums
    The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over...

     with Palazzo dei Conservatori
  • Palazzo Odescalchi
  • Palazzo Muti Papazzurri
    Palazzo Muti Papazzurri
    This palazzo should not be confused with the Palazzo Muti e Santuario della Madonna dell' ArchettoPalazzo Muti Papazzurri is a Baroque palazzo in Rome. It was built in 1660 by the architect Mattia de' Rossi, a pupil of Gian Lorenzo Bernini....

  • Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi
    Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi
    The Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi is a palace in Rome, Italy. It was built by the Borghese family on the Quirinal Hill; its footprint occupies the site where the ruins of the baths of Constantine stood, whose remains still are part of the basement of the main building, the Casino dell'Aurora...

  • Palazzo Pamphilj
    Palazzo Pamphilj
    Palazzo Pamphilj, also spelled Palazzo Pamphili, is a palace facing onto the Piazza Navona in Rome. It was built between 1644 and 1650.Since 1920 the palace has housed the Brazilian Embassy in Italy, and in 1964 it became the property of the Federative Republic of Brazil.-History:In 1644, Cardinal...

  • Palazzo Pio
    Palazzo Pio
    The 'Palazzo Pio' is built on top of the ruins of the Temple of Venus Victrix of the Theatre of Pompey, and overlooks other neighboring areas of Campo de' Fiori and Piazza del Biscione in Rome, Italy....

  • Palazzo Poli
    Palazzo Poli
    The Palazzo Poli is a palace in Rome, Italy, forming the backdrop to the Trevi Fountain. Luigi Vanvitelli gave it a monumental facade as a setting for the fountain. It was there that Princess Zenaǐde Wolkonsky threw her lavish parties in the 1830s. The central portion of the palace was demolished...

  • Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
    Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
    The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide is a palace located in Rome, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, then Francesco Borromini...

  • Palazzo del Quirinale
    Quirinal Palace
    The Quirinal Palace is a historical building in Rome, Italy, the current official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. It is located on the Quirinal Hill, the tallest of the seven hills of Rome...

     - Residence from the Pope to the President
    President
    A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

  • Palazzo Rondinini
  • Palazzo Ruspoli
  • Palazzo Santacroce
  • Palazzo della Sapienza - Old seat of the University of Rome
  • Palazzo Sciarra
  • Palazzo delle Scienze
  • Palazzo Senatorio - City Hall of Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

  • Palazzo Spada
    Palazzo Spada
    The Palazzo Spada is a palace in the historic centre of Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione Regola, at Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13, very close to the Palazzo Farnese. It has a garden facing towards the River Tiber....

  • Palazzo dello Sport
  • Palazzo Taverna
  • Palazzo del Vaticano
    Apostolic Palace
    The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, which is located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Sacred Palace, the Papal Palace and the Palace of the Vatican...

     - Official residence of the Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

  • Palazzo Valentini
    Palazzo Valentini
    thumb|240px|Palazzo Valentini.Palazzo Valentini is a palazzo in central Rome, Italy, not far from Piazza Venezia. Since 1873 it has been the base of the provincial and prefectural administration of Rome.-History:...

  • Palazzo di Venezia - Former the Embassy of the Republic of Venice
    Republic of Venice
    The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...

  • Palazzo Zuccari
    Palazzetto Zuccari
    Palazzetto or Palazzo Zuccari is a 16th century building in Rome, at the crossroads of via Sistina and via Gregoriana, on the piazza Trinità dei Monti. It was built by Federico Zuccari....


Sassari
Sassari
Sassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...

  • Palazzo Giordano Apostoli
  • Palazzo della Provincia
  • Palazzo Ducale
  • Palazzo d'Usini

Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...

  • Palazzo Chigi Sarracini
  • Palazzo delle Papesse
  • Palazzo Pubblico
    Palazzo Pubblico
    The Palazzo Pubblico is a palace in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podestà and Council of Nine....

     - In the Piazza del Campo
    Piazza del Campo
    Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of the historic center of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. It is renowned worldwide for its beauty and architectural integrity. The Palazzo Pubblico and its Torre del Mangia, as well as various palazzi signorili...

  • Palazzo Spannocchi
  • Palazzo Tolomei

Syracuse
Syracuse, Italy
Syracuse is a historic city in Sicily, the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in...

  • Palazzo Bellemo
  • Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco
    Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco
    The Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco is a large townhouse at Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. The building dates from the Middle Ages, when it was constructed for the Arezzo family...

  • Palazzo Migliaccio
  • Palazzo Vermexio

Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

  • Palazzo delle Albere
    Palazzo delle Albere
    Palazzo delle Albere is a Renaissance villa-fortress in Trento, northern Italy. It was built during the 16th century by the Madruzzo family of prince-bishops of Trento...

  • Palazzo Communale
  • Palazzo Geremia
  • Palazzo Pretorio
  • Palazzo Salvadori
    Palazzo Salvadori
    Palazzo Salvadori is a palazzo in Trento, northern Italy, one of the first examples of Renaissance civil architecture in the city. It was built by the Lombard master Lucio Tosani, during the reign of Prince-Bishop Bernardo Clesio, starting in 1515....


Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

  • Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze
  • Palazzo Carignano
    Palazzo Carignano
    The Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which currently houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was once a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. It is famous for its unique rounded façade...

  • Palazzo Madama
    Palazzo Madama, Turin
    Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy.-History:At the beginning of the first century BC, the site of the palace was occupied by a gate in the Roman walls from which the decumanus maximus of Augusta Taurinorum departed. Two of the towers, although restored,...

  • Palazzo Reale
    Royal Palace of Turin
    Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. It was the royal palace of the House of Savoy. It was modernised greatly by the French born Madama Reale Christine Marie of France in the seventeenth century. The palace was worked on by Filippo Juvarra...

     - Former residence of the kings of Piedmont
    Piedmont
    Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

  • Palazzina di Stupinigi, Stupinigi (near Turin)

Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

  • Palazzo Barbarigo
    Palazzo Barbarigo
    Palazzo Barbarigo is a palace in Venice, Italy, situated on the Grand Canal of the city. It was originally built in the 16th century. Today it is one of the more opulent palazzi on the canal, distinguished by its mosaics of Murano glass applied in 1886...

  • Palazzi Barbaro
    Palazzi Barbaro
    The Palazzi Barbaro — also known as Palazzo Barbaro, Ca' Barbaro, and Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis — are a pair of adjoining palaces, in the San Marco district of Venice, northern Italy. They were formerly one of the homes of the patrician Barbaro family...

  • Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti
    Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti
    Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti is a palace in Venice, Italy, not far from the Ponte dell'Accademia and next to the Palazzo Barbaro on the Grand Canal of Venice. Since 1999 it has been the seat of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti and frequently houses cultural events.The palace was...

  • Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
    Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
    The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small palace in Venice, Italy, best known for the external spiral staircase, with a plethora of arches, known as the Scala Contarini del Bovolo ....

  • Palazzo Cornaro
  • Palazzo Corner della Ca' Grande
  • Palazzo Corner Spinelli
  • Palazzo Dandolo
    Palazzo Dandolo
    Palazzo Dandolo is a palace in Venice. Now it is home to the Hotel Danieli.It was built in 1400, by one of the Dandolo families, but whether by that of the great Doge, Enrico Dandolo, is not quite certain...

  • Palazzo Dario
    Palazzo Dario
    Palazzo Dario is a palace in Venice, northern Italy, situated on the Grand Canal of Venice at the mouth of the Rio delle Torreselle in the Dorsoduro sestiere on the Campiello Barbaro...

  • Palazzo Ducale - Former seat of the Doge of Venice
    Doge of Venice
    The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...

  • Palazzo Farsetti
  • Palazzo Foscari
    Palazzo Foscari
    Ca' Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, is a Gothic building on the waterfront of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Built by the doge Francesco Foscari in 1453, is now the main seat of Ca' Foscari University of Venice....

  • Palazzo Grassi
    Palazzo Grassi
    Palazzo Grassi is an edifice in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, northern Italy...

  • Palazzo Grimani di San Luca
  • Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa
    Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa
    The Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa is a palace in Venice, northern Italy.Originally the residence of the Venetian doge Antonio Grimani, it was rebuilt in 1532-1569 by his heirs Vittore, procuratore generale of the city, and Giovanni Grimani, cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia...

  • Palazzo Labia
    Palazzo Labia
    Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th-18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted between by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, with decorative works in trompe...

     - Regional HQ of RAI
    RAI
    RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...

    (Radiotelevisione Italiana)
  • Palazzo Loredan
  • Palazzo Malipiero
    Palazzo Malipiero
    Palazzo Malipiero is a palace in Venice, Italy. It is located on the Grand Canal in the central San Samuele square.It stands just across from Palazzo Grassi Exhibition Center.It is situated at the crossroads of the city's cultural and artistic areas...

  • Palazzo Molina
    Palazzo Molina
    Palazzo Molina or Palace of Two Towers is Petrarch's home also known as "Molina house of the two towers." It has a current address of Riva degli Schiavoni, no. 4145...

  • Palazzo Pisani
  • Palazzo Regio
  • Palazzo Tiepolo
    Palazzo Tiepolo
    Palazzo Tiepolo Passi is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the San Polo sestiere.Built in the 16th century, it has traces of frescoes by Andrea Schiavone. It is now a hotel....

  • Palazzo Vendramini


In Venice some palazzi are conventionally called Ca' ("casa"):
  • Ca' da Mosto
    Ca' da Mosto
    The Ca' da Mosto is a thirteenth-century palace in Venice, northern Italy, the oldest building on the Grand Canal. It is in the Veneto-Byzantine style, with high narrow arches and distinctive capitals.-History:...

  • Ca' d'Oro
    Ca' d'Oro
    Ca' d'Oro is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy. One of the older palazzi, it has always been known as Ca' d'Oro due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls.The Palazzo was built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini family, who provided...

  • Ca' Pesaro
    Ca' Pesaro
    The Ca' Pesaro is a baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal of Venice.Originally designed by Baldassarre Longhena in mid-17th century, the construction was completed by Gian Antonio Gaspari in 1710...

  • Ca' Rezzonico
    Ca' Rezzonico
    Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Today it is a public museum dedicated to 18th century Venice. - Design :Ca' Rezzonico stands on the right bank of the canal, at the point where it is joined by the Rio di San Barnaba. The site was previously occupied by two houses...

  • Pisani Moreta
  • Cavalli Franchetti
  • Contarini Flangini

Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

  • Palazzo Bevilacqua
  • Palazzo Canossa
    Palazzo Canossa
    Palazzo Canossa is a palace in Verona, northern Italy.It was erected by commission of the Marquises of Canossa to architect Michele Sanmicheli in 1527, not far from the Arco dei Gavi and the Castelvecchio....

  • Palazzo del Comune
  • Palazzo del Consiglio
  • Palazzo Franchini
  • Palazzo Pompeii

Vicenza
Vicenza
Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...

  • Palazzo Barbarano
  • Palazzo Braschi
    Palazzo Braschi
    Palazzo Braschi is a large Neoclassical palace in Rome, Italy and is located between the Piazza Navona, the Campo de' Fiori, the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Piazza di Pasquino. It presently houses the Museo di Roma, the civic museum of Rome....

  • Palazzo Capitanio
  • Palazzo Chiericati
    Palazzo Chiericati
    Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza , designed by Andrea Palladio.- History :The Palazzo was commissioned to Palladio by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the architecture in 1550, some further work was completed under the patronage of Chiericati's son and...

  • Palazzo Leoni-Montanari
  • Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello
  • Palazzo Thiene
    Palazzo Thiene
    Palazzo Thiene is a 15th-16th century palace in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed for Marcantonio and Adriano Thiene, probably by Giulio Romano, in 1542, and revised during construction from 1544 by Andrea Palladio....

  • Palazzo Valmarana
    Palazzo Valmarana
    Palazzo Valmarana is a patrician palace in Vicenza, Italy, built by architect Andrea Palladio in 1565 for the noble Isabella Nogarola Valmarana.- History :...


Viterbo
Viterbo
See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...

  • Palazzo Farnese
  • Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo
    Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo
    330px|right|thumb|The Papal Palace of Viterbo - In the background the bell-tower of the CathedralPalazzo dei Papi is a palace in Viterbo, northern Latium, Italy. It is one of the most important monuments in the city, situated alongside the Duomo di Viterbo...

    - Former papal seat from 1257 to 1281
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