The ghastly effect produced by the purple lights, the utter blackness of the canals, the deathly silence, broken only by the sound of water lapping the walls of the empty palazzos, combine to give the city a peculiarly weird and sepulchral appearance.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
It was given in a house situated on a street running off from the Plaza, one of the few in the city that had two stories, and which would be considered respectable among what are called palazzos in Italy.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
For temperature, the stoves are said to be very effective in the winter, and in the summer we are cool and airy; the advantage of these thick-walled palazzos is coolness in summer and warmth in winter.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon