Palazzo Branciforte, Renaissance palace in Historic Center, Palermo, Italy.

Palazzo Branciforte is a late-16th-century palace on Via Bara all'Olivella, in the Kalsa district of Palermo. Its two wings, divided by an internal street and joined by bridges, cover 5,650 square metres. The facade shows rusticated tan stone below and white plaster above, with ochre-framed windows and the inscription "MONTE DI SANTA ROSALIA". Inside, a monumental staircase has red marble steps and columns.

The palace was built in the late 16th century as the residence of Count Nicolò Placido Branciforte Lanza. It later transformed into a charitable institution before becoming the cultural facility it is today.

The wooden shelving of the former Monte di Pietà, reaching to the ceiling, now holds the Giacomo Cuticchio and Pina Patti Cuticchio collection, acquired in 2015 from the Associazione Figli d'Arte Cuticchio founded by their son Mimmo. It documents the Palermo puppet theatre known as the Opera dei Pupi. On the first floor, the numismatic collection covers six centuries of Sicilian mints.

The palace is easily accessible on foot from the city center and offers exhibition spaces that can be explored at a leisurely pace. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since the historic rooms span multiple levels.

Inside the palace operates a cooking school that offers classes and meals within the renovated historic rooms. This merges modern culinary education with the setting of a Renaissance building in an unusual way.