- Palazzo
:"For other meanings (eg the word's use in place names), see
palazzo (disambiguation) ."Palazzo is more broadly used in Italian than its English equivalent “
palace ”. InItaly , a "palazzo" is a grand building of some architectural ambition that is the headquarters of a family of some renown or of an institution, or even what the British would call a “block of flats” or atenement .Etymology
The words “palazzo” (Italian), “palace” (English) or “palais” (French) and the other similar words come from the name of the
Palatine hill inRome . On this hill thepatrician family Julia (“gens Julia ” in Latin) owned some land and built their residence. When Octavian becameRoman emperor after his succession toJulius Caesar their home and the name of thePalatine hill itself becamesynonymous with Imperial residence.ee also
*The Palazzo, Las Vegas
*List of palazzi in Italy
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