Palazzo Rucellai

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Palazzo Rucellai is a landmark 15th-century Florentine palace designed by Leon Battista Alberti, celebrated as an early and influential masterpiece of Italian Renaissance domestic architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance palace
historic building
palace
tourist attraction
address Via della Vigna Nuova
architect Leon Battista Alberti
architecturalStyle Italian Renaissance
Renaissance architecture
associatedFamily Rucellai family
centuryOfConstruction 15th century
city Florence
constructionEnd c. 1451
constructionStart c. 1446
country Italy
culturalPeriod Early Renaissance
currentUse mixed residential and institutional use
designer Leon Battista Alberti
facadeDesigner Leon Battista Alberti
hasArchitecturalElement classical orders
entablatures
pilasters
rusticated ground floor
string courses
trabeated system
hasFeature family coat of arms
regular window rhythm
string-course cornices separating stories
symmetrical facade
heritageStatus within UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Florence
influenced Renaissance palace design in Italy
palazzo architecture in Florence
influencedBy Alberti’s treatise on architecture
classical Roman architecture
locatedIn Florence
Italy
Tuscany
material pietra serena
namedAfter Rucellai family
numberOfStories 3
openToPublic partially
partOf historic center of Florence
patron Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai
significance early example of Renaissance domestic architecture
influential model for later palace facades
usedFor educational programs
study abroad programs
usesOrder Corinthian order
Ionic order
Tuscan order

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Leon Battista Alberti ("Palazzo Rucellai, Florence")
designed
Renaissance architecture
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