Palazzo De Nobili, Baroque palace in La Spezia, Italy

Palazzo De Nobili is a Baroque palace in La Spezia with intricately carved stone elements across its main facade. The building features symmetrical windows and ornamental details distributed throughout its exterior structure.

Palazzo De Nobili rose from the merging of low medieval tower houses that formed the seaward front of La Spezia's medieval walls. In the 17th and 18th centuries it received enlargements and late-Baroque decoration. In the 19th century it was the residence of the Oldoini family, whose best-known member was Virginia, Countess of Castiglione; it is now the city residence of the marquises De Nobili di Vezzano.

The palace takes its present name from the De Nobili marquises of Vezzano, a Ligurian aristocratic family of feudal origin that has produced politicians, artists, churchmen and entrepreneurs; it remains their town residence. Before them it belonged to the Oldoini family, whose best-known member was Virginia, countess of Castiglione.

The palace stands at Piazza Sant'Agostino 59, in La Spezia's historic centre, and is a private noble residence still occupied by the De Nobili family, so visits concern the exterior. After the restoration completed in 2020, lighting on both facades, facing the piazza and via Gioberti, highlights the window friezes and the two-tone colouring; evening is the moment to see it.

After the restoration completed in 2020, the palace is lit on both facades, in Piazza Sant'Agostino and via Gioberti. The lighting highlights the friezes around the windows and the two-tone grey and red colouring of the walls.