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The city of Vicenza and the Palladian villas of the Veneto
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- Villa Forni Cerato
- Villa Caldogno
- Villa Trissino at Cricoli
- Villa Valmarana Scagliolari Zen
- Villa Almerico Capra - La Rotonda
- Villa Piovene
- Arcades of Villa Trissino
- Villa Pisani
- Villa Angarano
- Villa Godi
- Villa Gazzotti
- Villa Thiene
- Villa Poiana
- Villa Chiericati
- Villa Valmarana
- Villa Saraceno
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Palladio's buildings
Villa Trissino
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It is unclear whether this villa was or was not designed by Palladio, but it is one of the places where if not in fact the origin of, it is where his myth began. Tradition would have that it was in this very villa sometime after the mid 1530s, the Vicentine noble Giangiorgio Trissino (1478-1550) met the young mason Andrea di Pietro working on the villa building site. Perhaps by intuition, Trissino recognised the potential and talent of the young man, took him under his wing, saw to his apprenticeship and training and then introduced him to Vicentine aristocracy. In the space of a few short years the young worker had been transformed into the architect Palladio. Trissino did not demolish the pre-existing building, but redesigned it to have it facing south. This act was a sort of claim to membership of the new building mentality based on the rediscovery of ancient Roman architecture.
Address
Strada Marosticana, 6 Vicenza
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Public not admitted.
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The city of Vicenza and the Palladian villas of the Veneto
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Villa Trissino at Cricoli
It is unclear whether this villa was or was not designed by Palladio, but it is one of the places where if not in fact the origin of, it is where his myth began. Tradition would have that it was in this very villa sometime after the mid 1530s, the Vicentine noble Giangiorgio Trissino (1478-1550) met the young mason Andrea di Pietro working on the villa building site. Perhaps by intuition, Trissino recognised the potential and talent of the young man, took him under his wing, saw to his apprenticeship and training and then introduced him to Vicentine aristocracy. In the space of a few short years the young worker had been transformed into the architect Palladio. Trissino did not demolish the pre-existing building, but redesigned it to have it facing south. This act was a sort of claim to membership of the new building mentality based on the rediscovery of ancient Roman architecture.
Address
Strada Marosticana, 6 Vicenza
Visit
Public not admitted.