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An Italian mansion so grand it turned 'palace' into an architecture flex.
means A grand Italian palace or mansion-like city building, often now used of stately apartment blocks or townhouses built in that palatial style.
from From Italian palazzo, descended from Latin palatium — 'palace' — which itself traces back to the Palatine Hill in Rome, where emperors built their residences. The hill's name became a byword for imperial grandeur, and every European word for 'palace' (palace, palast, palacio) still carries that hill on its back.
- origin
- Named after Rome's Palatine Hill, home of emperors
- not royal
- Often just a rich merchant's townhouse, not a king's
- pant twist
- Also wide-legged trousers, flowing like palace drapery
- ground floor
- Originally built with shops below, nobles above