Example sentences for: palazzo

How can you use “palazzo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Site of the stoic town hall (Palazzo Vecchio or della Signoria) since 1299, the square bustles in all seasons, not least because it leads to the richest of Italy’s art museums, the Uffizi.

  • New on the scene is the vast Palazzo Doria Pamphili off the Piazza Venezia.

  • In gentle contrast to the austere Italian Gothic exterior of the Palazzo Vecchio by Arnolfo di Cambio (architect of the Duomo), Vasari added ornate stucco and frescoes to the first inner courtyard for a Medici wedding in the 1560s (the palazzo served briefly as a Medici residence until they moved across the river to the Palazzo Pitti).

  • West along Via Vittorio Eman­uele, the Palace of the Normans (Palazzo dei Normanni) was built by the Saracens as a ninth-century fortress and later turned into a royal residence, appropriate setting for the later brilliance and luxury of Emperor Frederick II’s Sicilian court (see page 22).

  • To the east of the Accademia along the Grand Canal, a breath of the 20th century awaits you at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of modern art in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni.


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