palazzo

• “The palazzo is a prominent symbol of parliamentarian privilege.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Symbol of Lawmaker Privilege

• “And eventually we arrive at the courtyard of the palazzo, which is our destination.”

  TED: David Macaulay's Rome Antics

• “Pitt and Jolie, who have homes in Los Angeles, France and New Orleans, have rented a canal side palazzo, which is situated between the Rialto and Accademia parts of the city and faces San Toma.”

  The Times of India

• “A rape takes place in a palazzo which is dominated by enormous, bulgingly well-endowed nude statues.”

  The Guardian: Women Beware Women; Bingo

• “Welsperg, who also owns a "palazzo" in Primiero, and whose ancestors (once seigneurs of all the valley, with power of life and death over their vassals) erected yonder castle which, perched on its inaccessible rock like St. Simeon Stylites on his solitary pillar, yet keeps watch and ward at the mouth of the valley.”

  Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

• “Fleetwood's word was extracted, that he would visit the 'palazzo' within”

  The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5

• “Torcello lies between its "palazzo" and cathedral.”

  Selections From the Works of John Ruskin

• “I, cap. viii.] divided by a small canal, with a line of trees on each side; and extending between the two churches of St. Theodore and St. Geminian, as the little piazza, of Torcello lies between its "palazzo" and cathedral.”

  Stones of Venice [introductions]

• “Today the slow drift of a traghetto is embarrassed by the wake of a speeding taxi ferrying the elegant elite on their palazzo hopping.”

  The Huffington Post: Kisa Lala: Venice Biennale: A Temple of Transience By Mike And Doug Starn

• “The building is down the canal from the palazzo where François Pinault, the owner of Christie's auction house and the Gucci fashion house, displays his collection of contemporary art.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A New Look at the Art of Prada (Not Clothes)

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