Palazzos

The diseased palazzos, with their flaking waterfront facades, leonine doorknockers and rusting, shackled iron pylons, are from a bygone era at odds with modernity. ❋ Kisa Lala (2011)

The film, which tells the story of a wealthy Milanese textile family trying to cope with finding a successor in a time of rapid globalization, is a ravishing and authentic glimpse into Milan's private inner world of old entrepreneurial wealth, sumptuous palazzos and refined understated luxury. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)

They decorated churches with beautiful paintings and sculptures, and when they had filled the churches, they decorated their own homes; when these were filled, they built magnificent palazzos that covered whole city blocks, and filled them with art. ❋ David Galenson (2011)

The Venice Biennial, which opens June 4, is the Olympics of the contemporary art world, a century-old event in which countries send their most promising artists to exhibit in pavilions and palazzos across the watery city. ❋ Kelly Crow (2011)

On June 4, the contemporary art world will descend on Italy for the public opening of the Venice Biennale, in which countries send their most-promising artists to exhibit in pavilions and palazzos across the city. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Instead, the Chamber rents office space for lawmakers in other palazzos that are owned by private real-estate developers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Late August, American and English films dominated the Venice waterfront where Shame heated up amid more fancy parties in grand palazzos. ❋ Peggy Siegal (2011)

Instead, the Chamber spent an additional €46.5 million in 2010 to rent office space for lawmakers inside other palazzos that are owned by private real-estate developers. ❋ Stacy Meichtry (2011)

Graffiti has spread over Rome's piazzas and palazzos in recent years from an occasional eyesore to a city-wide blanket of jagged scrawls. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On a recent Saturday, US Ambassador to Italy David Thorne, left, and a group of Americans took to Rome's streets to cover up the work of graffiti artists who have coated the city's piazzas and palazzos with spray paint. ❋ Unknown (2010)

THE VENICE BIENNALE is the contemporary art world's version of the World Cup, a century-old tradition in which countries send in their best artists to exhibit in pavilions and palazzos across the city in hopes of gaining global acclaim. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Loads of palazzos make for plenty of space to dine outside if you want. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He had a masters in fine art, and his conversation was sprinkled with references to Botticelli and palazzos in Florence. ❋ Joan Brady (2010)

They clean up after graffiti artists who have swathed the city's palazzos and piazzas nbsp; in tentacles of spray nbsp; paint. nbsp; ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most of Rome's Baroque and Renaissance palazzos don't fall under the Urban D cor Squad's jurisdiction, leaving their owners to handle the cleanup. ❋ Unknown (2010)