palazzo
noun
pa·laz·zo
pə-ˈlät-(ˌ)sō 
plural palazzi
pə-ˈlät-(ˌ)sē
: a large imposing building (such as a museum or a place of residence) especially in Italy
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The Lake Como Edition, opening in March 2026, will transform a 19th-century palazzo along the lake's western shores.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
The Holy Grail of unsolved art thefts is, in fact, an American one, according to investigators such as Geoffrey Kelly, who for two decades led the FBI's investigation into the 1990 theft at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which opened in 1903 as a Venetian-style palazzo.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025
Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti, or PM23 Today, Garavani and Giammetti are focused on their namesake foundation, which has acquired the exclusive use of a historic Roman palazzo at 23 Piazza Mignanelli, fully renovated and renamed PM23.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
The Holy Grail of unsolved art thefts is, in fact, an American one, according to investigators such as Geoffrey Kelly, who for two decades led the FBI's investigation into the 1990 theft at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which opened in 1903 as a Venetian-style palazzo.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025
Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti, or PM23 Today, Garavani and Giammetti are focused on their namesake foundation, which has acquired the exclusive use of a historic Roman palazzo at 23 Piazza Mignanelli, fully renovated and renamed PM23.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Palazzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palazzo. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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