Palazzo della Colonna di Marmo - Palace with marble columns - one of the oldest buildings in Livorno, located in Venezia Nuova quarter. It received its name because of the two marble columns flanking the entrance from the inside Via Borra.

At the end of the 17th century local ruler Marco Alessandro del Borro has issued a decree on the demolition of the Fortezza Nuova, to free the land to build new homes. This quarter was a continuation of the nearby Venezia Nuova district, which was founded in the early 17th century. Immediately it began to build their residences numerous merchants, which attracted close to the port.

Approximately in 1703, the year the merchant from Lucca Ottavio Gamberini has acquired a plot of land at the current Via Borra, for defensive channel Fosso della Venice, and built on it the elegant palace. It is believed that the designer of the palace was Giovan Battista Foddzhini. In subsequent centuries the Palazzo was significantly rebuilt, and was up one floor. In 1912 the building was owned by the family of Bikkerai, passed into the ownership society usurers "Monte di Pieta ', and later housed the state archives here.

The present Palazzo della Colonna di Marmo is a rectangular structure whose sides facing the main street and the canal. That facade, which overlooks the Via Borra, together with facades of other buildings, such as Palazzo Hyudzhens is a single architectural ensemble. This facade of Carrara marble, without a doubt, is the most prominent part of the ensemble. Two columns in the Tuscan style framing the main entrance inside and give the entire building a baroque look. There you can see statues depicting the seasons, and grotesque Mascheroni on the windows of the upper floors. Over the entrance to the Palazzo is hidden a small patio, partially surrounded by a colonnade. On the side are seen two large windows.