Palazzo Malvinni-Malvezzi, Ducal palace in Piazza Duomo, Matera, Italy

Palazzo Malvinni-Malvezzi is a palace on Piazza Duomo featuring a Baroque facade with three decorated windows, balconies, and a central entrance portal. The building spans three floors and houses historic interior rooms with decorative furnishings.

A branch of the Malvezzi family settled in Matera when Erennio di Giovanni Malevindi obtained land near Castelvecchio from Giovanni Antonio Ursino, Prince of Taranto and Count of Matera and Lecce, and built the first of the palace's three wings. The Malvinni acquired the ducal title of Santa Candida, and from 1470 to 1657 many descendants held high offices. The family lived there until the 1960s; the province of Matera now owns it.

The palace takes its name from the Malvinni family, also recorded as Melvindi, Malvindi or Malvezzi, who lived here from the 15th century until the 1960s. Its second surname, Malvezzi, came from a noble Bolognese line, and the family held the title of dukes of Santa Candida. The gentilizia chapel, consecrated in 1893, has a single nave, a barrel vault and a matroneum reached from the palace terrace.

The building is managed by the Provincial Administration of Matera and opens for art exhibitions featuring paintings from the interior spaces. Visitors can explore the historic rooms during these exhibition periods.

The palace's name recalls the Malvinni family, also recorded as Melvindi, Malvindi or Malvezzi, who lived here from the 1400s until the 1960s. Their ducal title was Santa Candida, and the second surname Malvezzi came from a noble Bolognese line. The family entered the Order of the Knights of Saint John and held high offices in Matera between 1470 and 1657.