Palazzo Panicali
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| Palazzo Panicali | |
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 Palazzo Panicali in Alvito | |
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The Palazzo Panicali, also known as Palazzo Panicali al Peschio, to distinguish it from the Elvino-Panicali palace in lower Alvito, is a monumental building in Peschio, a hamlet of Alvito, Lazio, Italy, enclosed within the medieval city walls.
The building takes its name from the original owners, the Panicali family, which was among the most prominent in Alvito and was almost extinct by the 18th century, whose ancestors included the humanist Giampaolo Flavio.[1]
The palace dates back to the 17th century and was built on a previous structure in Peschio, a village included within the city walls of Alvito, halfway between Castello and lower Alvito, near a rocky spur (pesculum) from which it took its name.
The Panicali family abandoned it during the 18th century, having meanwhile erected another, more imposing palace in the lower part of Alvito, which would later be named Palazzo Ferrante,[2] from the Abruzzo lineage in which it would be extinct.
