palazzo
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of palazzo
< Italian: literally, palace
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Mystified, he wanders the dank halls of their rented palazzo and the fetid alleyways of the “pestilential city” where canal waters slither past like “a fat, grey-green worm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The director of the Colosseum Archeological Park, which includes the Palatine Hill, in a written description of the restored palazzo, dubbed it “the power palace par excellence.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The action unfolds at a crumbling Venetian palazzo that’s rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of girls and boys who perished years ago during an outbreak of the plague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Workers dripped with sweat as they balanced on metal ladders outside the palazzo.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
“And the palazzo is where I will take you now,” said the old woman.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
As we enter, that video projection surrounds us with vast images of canals and churches, palazzi and domestic buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Giorgio Armani once again gave the fashion world a glimpse of idealized life inside Milan’s stately palazzi, populated by women for whom dressing in comfort and style are not a contradiction.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Gone are the cobblestone roads, the antiquities, the worn palazzi dappled like watercolors.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
Bastions, palazzi, fortresses, squares and citadels are all being painstakingly restored.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2015
Dilapidated old palazzi, if you will go out of the way for them, are to be had for five shillings a year.
From The Aspern Papers by James, Henry
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