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Il Rastrello seen from the drone: historic stone palazzi among the cypresses in the centre of Panicale

Panicale · Hospitality property

Boutique Hotel
Il Rastrello

Restoration of Palazzo Grossi, a fourteenth-century noble palazzo in the historic centre of Panicale.

Years
2019–2025
Design
Studio Pelizzari
Works
Restoration and extension
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The project

A fourteenth-century palazzo turned into a boutique hotel

To a design by Studio Pelizzari, we restored and transformed a fourteenth-century noble palazzo in the historic centre of Panicale. The work covered the entire building: conservative restoration, consolidation and seismic upgrading, recovery of the existing structures, new building services, interiors and finishes.

We preserved the historic features and used local materials, such as travertine and Pietra Serena, together with contemporary solutions and bespoke craftsmanship. Today the palazzo houses seven rooms, several apartments, a restaurant and a panoramic garden overlooking the plain of Lake Trasimeno.

Location
Historic centre of Panicale (PG)
Building
Palazzo Grossi, 14th century
Design
Studio Pelizzari
Years
2019–2022 restoration
2023–2025 extension
Works
Conservative restoration, consolidation and seismic upgrading, building services, interiors and finishes
Materials
Travertine, Pietra Serena, terracotta, wood

Before and after

The reception, before and after

The same room before the works and today, with the fireplace still in its place. Drag the slider to compare them.

The reception of Il Rastrello today: restored fireplace, exposed beams and green velvet armchairsThe same room before the restoration: terrazzo floor, damaged plaster and a mattress on the floor

As it was

The palazzo before the works

The photographic survey made before the building site opened: propped-up floors, detached plaster, floors to be redone.

  • Stone façade of the palazzo before the restoration, with the arched doorway open onto a van
  • Ground-floor room with the propped-up timber floor and the plaster coming away
  • Room with a beamed ceiling and a large patch of plaster detached from the wall
  • Room with propped-up beams, ladders and stacked materials
  • Empty room with a damaged terracotta floor, exposed beams and electric cables on the ceiling
  • Room with a terrazzo floor, a dark beamed ceiling and wooden doors

The works

The building site

Photos taken by our team between December 2018 and November 2019.

  • Stone wall stripped of its plaster, with the demolition bricks on the ground
  • Stone arch with the new brickwork closing part of the opening
  • Opening rebuilt in brick beneath a stone arch
  • Welded mesh laid over the terracotta tiles of a floor
  • Floor with the mesh ready for the pour and a wheelbarrow
  • Detail of the terracotta tiles with the reinforcing bars
  • Timber roof structure seen from above, with the landscape in the background
  • Brick chimney under construction on the roof, with the hills in the background
  • Terracotta tiles laid on the roof joists
  • Brick lintel above a window on the façade, with the scaffolding
  • The old decayed timber lintel above a door, before it was replaced
  • Brickwork under construction inside a stone opening
  • Stone arch with the new brickwork at its base
  • Stone wall with the consolidation mesh before plastering
  • Window with the diamond-pattern wrought-iron grille, during the works
  • Black igloo formwork elements of the ventilated crawl space laid in a room
  • Igloo crawl space with the reinforcing mesh on top
  • Ventilated crawl space with the underfloor services, next to a stone wall
  • Reinforced concrete walls of the room beneath the terrace, with the reinforcing mesh
  • Excavator at work in the terrace excavation
  • The terrace slab seen from above, with the yellow formwork ready for the pour

The terrace, before and after

The slab under construction in November 2019 and the panoramic garden today. Drag the slider to compare them.

The panoramic garden of Il Rastrello today, with tables, umbrellas and the view over the hillsThe terrace in November 2019: the slab under construction seen from above, with the formwork and the reinforcing bars

The result

Il Rastrello today

Rooms, common areas and garden with the works completed.

2023–2025 · The extension

The palazzo next door

Between 2023 and 2025 we extended the hotel by restoring a historic palazzo adjoining Palazzo Grossi: consolidation, refurbishment of the interior spaces, new finishes and all the work needed to connect it to the existing building.

This phase, too, was carried out to a design by Studio Pelizzari. Today the two buildings form a single hospitality complex.

Il Rastrello in the press

  • The PlanArchitecture magazine
  • Ville & CasaliJuly 2022
  • Hotel DomaniHospitality magazine
  • Guest

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