Palazzo Minoia

Photo: AD Italia N. 79, December 1987

Like a souk or a great medieval hall, the seventeenth-century Palazzo Minoia is filled with hidden treasures. The gallery-apartment is the triumph of collector Achille Armani, who, having spent a lifetime devoted to his greatest passion--sourcing precious tapestries from the Caucuses, Turkey, and China--has appointed his cavernous Piacenza jewel-box with antique textiles of exquisite quality, and antique furnishings brought back from his travels.   

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