Palazzo Leopardi, Neoclassical palace in Recanati, Italy

Palazzo Leopardi is a palace in Recanati whose current form dates to the mid-18th century, when Canon Carlo Orazio Leopardi merged the family's older houses into one block. Its long brick facade has fifteen symmetrically arranged window axes, and the elliptical balustraded staircase, redone in Sirolo travertine by Monaldo, is a late-Baroque work of European quality.

The palace took its current form in the mid-18th century when separate buildings dating back to the 13th century were merged into one structure. This consolidation created the foundation for what would become the Leopardi family residence.

The first-floor library holds more than 20,000 volumes collected by Monaldo and his youngest son Pierfrancesco, including early printed editions of the poet's works. In the Sala dell'Accademia, Monaldo revived the Accademia Letteraria dei Diseguali Placidi, already present in Recanati in the 15th century, gathering its members in the early 1800s.

Only the first-floor library, with over 20,000 volumes, is regularly open to the public; parts of the piano nobile and the poet's bedroom open by arrangement. The upper floors remain the home of Pierfrancesco Leopardi's descendants. In the basement, the former oil mill hosts temporary exhibitions and the old cellars hold a small wine shop with barrels and old vinification tools, free to enter.

The eastern wing preserves the bedroom where poet Giacomo Leopardi slept and worked, maintaining its original arrangement from his time. The basement space occupies what was once an oil mill, now repurposed to host rotating exhibitions.