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Rucellai Palace

Name: Rucellai Palace
Price range: $
Rating: 4.5

4.5 ·

Look up at Palazzo Rucellai, a Renaissance townhouse whose facade is attributed to Alberti. Spend half an hour tracing its pilasters and stonework on one of Florence's smartest shopping streets.

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Full description

Palazzo Rucellai is a fifteenth-century townhouse on Via della Vigna Nuova, commissioned by the wool merchant Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai and attributed by most scholars to Leon Battista Alberti, with construction dated by visitors to 1446–1451. Its facade is the draw: a disciplined grid of pilasters and rusticated stone that reviewers call one of the most significant secular buildings of the Renaissance.

It is still a private home, so the experience is mostly outside, though a budget-friendly entry is listed. Plan about 30 minutes; the facade is easy to miss if you are not looking for its pattern.

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Address

Via della Vigna Nuova, 18, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy · Firenze

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

30 min

Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Moderate walking

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Good to know

Study the facade's repeating pilaster pattern from the opposite side of the street
hours listed are Monday and Saturday 10:00–18:00, so check before planning an interior visit
combine with nearby high-end shopping on Via della Vigna Nuova.

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Reviews

This is an impressive Renaissance palace that is believed to have been designed by Leon Battista Alberti (1446-1451) on behalf of 15th-century wool merchant Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai. You can admire the grid-like, elegant facade while walking along Via della Vigna Nuova near the intersection with Via della…

BradinHK

1/5

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