Palazzo Malaspina, Renaissance palace in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.

Palazzo Malaspina is a Renaissance palace on Corso Giuseppe Mazzini in Ascoli Piceno, built by Cola dell'Amatrice between 1532 and 1583. Its facade has twin rusticated portals with seats bearing the Malaspina and Guiderocchi coats of arms, a triple order of windows with tabernacle frames on the piano nobile, and a top loggia whose columns imitate tree trunks with cut branches.

Construction took place between 1532 and 1583 under architect Cola dell'Amatrice, who integrated earlier medieval structures dating from the 13th and 14th centuries into the new design. This combination of older and newer elements created a building that reflects the city's architectural evolution.

The twin rusticated portals carry the coats of arms of the Malaspina and Guiderocchi families, once linked by marriage or alliance, and each has stone benches built into its base. The palace is still lived in by the Malaspina family, and since the graphic art gallery left in 1999 the main floor has housed the Ascoli Piceno delegation of the FAI, the Italian National Trust.

The palace sits on Corso Giuseppe Mazzini in the city center and now houses the FAI delegation office, which arranges guided tours. Visitors should confirm tour availability beforehand, as the building is not regularly open for independent visits.

The left side of the facade keeps the remains of a medieval noble tower, partly demolished in the 18th century so the front would look uniform. The tower belonged to the earlier buildings Cola dell'Amatrice merged between 1532 and 1583. Look for the surviving masonry beside the rusticated portals.