Which floor of Venetian houses is called the "piano nobile"?

smart001

First floor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile Dec 01 08, 1:47 PM

flem-ish

In the British or in the American sense of the word? Ground-floor or floor immediately above ground-floor? Dec 01 08, 2:13 PM

queproblema

Either. "The piano nobile is the principal floor of a large house... often the first or sometimes the second floor, located above an (often rusticated) ground floor containing minor rooms and service rooms." From above link. "Piano nobile" is Italian for "main floor." (Literally, "noble plane".) Exactly which floor that is depends upon the architecture and utilization of the building in question. http://www.wordreference.com/iten/piano%20nobile Dec 01 08, 9:57 PM

zbeckabee

(Italian: "noble floor") In a Renaissance building, the first floor above ground level. In the typical palace erected by an Italian prince, the large, high-ceilinged reception rooms were in this upper, main story. Often a grand exterior staircase or pair of staircases led from ground level up to the piano nobile. http://www.answers.com/topic/piano-nobile Dec 02 08, 7:29 PM