Palazzo Ghini

Palazzo Ghini is a palazzo of the sort that defines the Italian urban landscape: a noble townhouse built to signal status through architectural composure. Its brick façade, left exposed, is arranged with two tiers of windows, above which run the smaller apertures of the mezzanine, framed by eighteenth-century 'ear' mouldings. The roofline is punctuated by projecting modillions and a layered cornice, while the sides are bound by smooth rustication in Istrian stone, punctuated by coats of arms.

The real drama unfolds within the courtyard. An elegant loggia and its underlying portico are supported by Corinthian columns and arches, their keystones carved into anthropomorphic brackets. From here, a parallel-ramp staircase, its stone steps worn, leads up to the piano nobile. There, a grand salon opens onto the loggia, decorated with thirteen paintings and abundant stuccowork, complemented by a balustrade, statues, and columns with Corinthian capitals in Istrian stone, a space designed to impress, and still doing so.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.