The Palazzo Cenami is a
Renaissance
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-style palace located on Via Santa Croce in central
Lucca
Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...
, region of
Tuscany
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, Italy. The palace was designed in 1530 by
Nicolao Civitali
Nicolao Civitali (1482 - after 1560) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, active in his native Lucca
Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligu ...
. Some attribute the palace's Florentine style of architecture to
Agostino Marti in 1501.
Guida del Forestiere per la citta e il contado di Lucca
by Tommaso Felice Trenta, 1820, page 131.
References
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Palaces in Lucca
Renaissance architecture in Lucca