Palazzo Noceti, the Pontremoli residence of the homonymous family, represents a clear example of Renaissance architecture.

An important story of a dynasty that has gone through six centuries of history whose origins date back to 1100 and whose name presumably originates from the castle of Noceto in Val di Nure in Piacenza. A family of notaries made their fortune in Rome with Pope Nicholas V, Tommaso Parentucelli (1447 -1455) from Sarzana, of whom Pietro da Noceto (lawyer, theologian and notary) was a very powerful secretary. The De Nocetos arrived in Val di Magra in the 14th century arriving in Pontremoli around 1360 and the Pontremoli branch died out in the second half of the 18th century.

The palace was owned by Antonio da Noceto, who probably built it (1439/1500), brother of Pietro (1397/1467), papal commissioner in 1458. Pietro had seven sons, the first of whom, Pier Francesco, at the court of the Sforza was able to enter into the good graces of Francis I, King of France, who appointed him his squire and Lord of Pontremoli, a dominion that would last until 1522.

A coat of arms on a column of the internal facade unequivocally traces the ownership of Palazzo Noceti to the family of the same name. The first document that proves its existence is dated August 23, 1465 and is a deed with which Pietro himself gives Benedetta, widow second wife of her father Giovanni, a house in Pontremoli in the vicinity of San Colombano.

On 23 July 1476 in Bagnone Nicolò, son of Pietro da Noceto, sold to Antonio da Noceto, his uncle, against payment of a symbolic census consisting of a pair of military gloves, among other assets a “house located in the land of Pontremoli in the village of San Colombano bordering the public road in front and the Magra river behind: a building belonging to the heredes dominii Antonii de Noceto bordering on the property of domini Antonii tertii marchinis de Bolano”.

Although they were more closely linked to Bagnone to which they dedicated patronage works for ecclesiastical buildings on several occasions and of which they declared themselves inhabitants, they lived in this building from its construction for over two centuries. Typical Renaissance architecture with a quadrangular plan with a courtyard with a loggia on columns which becomes the center of the building and a key element of the structure of the building. Inside, the main floor has been restored to its original structure after a long restoration that lasted over 10 years; originally intended for reception rooms, it has a fully symmetrical and axial architectural scheme, a fundamental design principle of Renaissance architecture of which the building is a shining example.