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piano nobile

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piano nobile

The main floor of a house (usually the first floor), containing the main reception room.



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But its wide front, with a stone balcony from end to end of the piano nobile or most important floor, was architectural enough, with the aid of various pilasters and arches; and the stucco with which in the intervals it had long ago been endued was rosy in the April afternoon.
 
 
 
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