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 palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
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Big Think, 5 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
What Pasolini wants is to turn this decaying palazzo into the Château de Silling, the house in which Sade’s libertines conduct their atrocious experiments.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Departing Paris on May 4, 2026, the new three-night route will bring guests south through France and into Italy with a stop in Pompeii before continuing to Ravello for a stay at Belmond’s Caruso, a luxury hotel housed in a former 11th-century palazzo in Ravello.
—AFAR Media, 17 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 5 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
What Pasolini wants is to turn this decaying palazzo into the Château de Silling, the house in which Sade’s libertines conduct their atrocious experiments.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Departing Paris on May 4, 2026, the new three-night route will bring guests south through France and into Italy with a stop in Pompeii before continuing to Ravello for a stay at Belmond’s Caruso, a luxury hotel housed in a former 11th-century palazzo in Ravello.
—AFAR Media, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Palazzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palazzo. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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