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This classical-style façade is structured by a colossal order that gives it great majesty: its two upper floors are punctuated by the same row of fluted pilasters crowned with Ionic capitals decorated with ribbons. The ground floor, at the level of the base of the pilasters, has very refined ornamentation: only the horizontal lines of the façade are marked; the first floor, called the "noble floor", is occupied by large openings topped with garlands, then by a frieze of triglyphs; the top floor, finally, has smaller openings and very sober ornamentation. The entablature, above, is decorated with a frieze of metopes.

Facade of a colossal palace

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