26 July 2016
palazzo
[puh-laht-soh; Italian pah-laht-tsaw]
noun, plural palazzi [puh-laht-see; Italian pah-laht-tsee] (Show IPA)
1. an impressive public building or private residence; palace.
Origin of palazzo
< Italian: literally, palace
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for palazzo
Contemporary Examples
palazzo Grassi barely beat the Guggenheim Museum for the honors.
Venice’s Contemporary Masterpiece
Paul Laster
June 3, 2009
Outside the palazzo, there are three flags, the European, the Venetian, and the Mexican – the last one is blood-stained.
The Biennale’s Best
Paul Laster, Bettina Von Hase
June 17, 2009
François Pinault, at the opening of the palazzo Grassi two years ago, exhibited his own skull X-rayed by Piotr Uklanski.
Treasures From the Pinault Collection
Bernard-Henri Lévy
June 11, 2009
Big, bearded, and graying, Schnabel lives in a neo-Venetian palazzo in Greenwich Village.
Julian Schnabel Gets Political
Blake Gopnik
March 13, 2011
The society is set in a picturesque medieval mini castle not far from the palazzo Vecchio.
Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ Sparks Dante Fever in Florence
Barbie Latza Nadeau
May 29, 2013
Historical Examples
It is then that I would have you remember the palazzo Giovanelli.
A Wanderer in Venice
E.V. Lucas
And if the gondoliero had carried her word to the palazzo San Marco——?
The Royal Pawn of Venice
Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
“You are late,” said the incognito, when we had walked so far away from the palazzo as to be out of hearing of the crowd.
Olla Podrida
Frederick Marryat
Word Origin and History for palazzo
n.
1660s, from Italian palazzo (see palace ).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Today’s quote
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
– Carl Jung
On this day
26 July 1875 – birth of Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes and collective unconscious. Died 6 June 1961.
26 July 1894 – birth of Aldous Huxley, English writer. Most famous for his vision of the future, ‘Brave New World’, as well as his work ‘The Doors of Perception’, based on his use of psychedelic drugs. Jim Morrison named his 60’s psychedelic rock band, ‘The Doors’ after Huxley’s book. Died 22 November 1963.
26 July 1928 – birth of Stanley Kubrick, legendary movie producer. Some of his movies include ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’, ‘The Shining’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’. Died 7 March 1999.
26 July 1943 – birth of Mick Jagger. English singer-songwriter, founding member of the Rolling Stones.
26 July 1945 – Potsdam Declaration, or ‘Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender’ is issued by President Harry S. Truman (U.S.), Prime Minister Winston Churchill (U.K.) and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek (China). The document stated that Japan faced ‘prompt and utter destruction’ if it did not surrender. Japan initially rejected the declaration, resulting in President Truman ordering the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively.
26 July 1952 – death of Eva Perón, first lady of Argentina and second wife of Argentine President, Juan Perón. Her life was immortalised in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Evita, which included the hit song, ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’.
26 July 1953 – Fidel Castro forms the revolutionary organisation, Movimiento 26 de Julio, (‘26th of July Movement‘), or M-26-7, fighting against Cuba’s Batista regime. M-26-7 fails in its attack on Moncado Barracks on 26 July 1953, but eventually succeeds in overthrowing Batista in 1959.