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Palazzo Gondi is a palace in Florence, Italy, located a block from Piazza della Signoria. It was built by Giuliano da Sangallo in 1490 based on other major works of stately buildings in the city, such as Palazzo Medici and Palazzo Strozzi. Among the elements borrowed from these earlier works is the cube-shaped set around a central courtyard, the ashlar sloping on each of three floors up, arched windows, etc.
Giuliano designed the rooftop loggia to extend across the whole width of the façade, but only an abbreviated form was completed. The loggia's placement on the street side was unusual because rooftop loggias were generally put on the upper story of a palace's courtyard, and when they were used on street facings, they were usually positioned back from the edge to make them less visible from the ground.
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