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'La Rotonda' of Palladio
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Gem of italian Renaissance, Villa Almerico Capra called "La Rotonda" is a celebrated villa designed by Andrea Palladio(1508-1580) just outside Vicenza, northern Italy. This sophisticated building was designed for a site which was, in modern terminology, suburban: Palladio classed it as a "palazzo" rather than a "villa"... ... ... ... In 1565 a priest, Paolo Almerico, on his retirement from the Vatican (as referendario apostolico of Pope Pius IV and afterwards Pius V), decided to return to his home town of Vicenza in the Venetian countryside and build a country house. This house, later known as 'La Rotonda', was to be one of Palladio's best-known legacies to the architectural world. Villa Capra may have inspired a thousand subsequent buildings, but the villa was itself inspired by the Pantheon in Rome... ... ... The building is part of a World Heritage Site, and thus enjoys international protection. It is in the ownership of Mario di Valmarana, a former professor of architecture at University of Virginia. The villa has been his family's home for more than two centuries. It is his declared ambition to preserve Villa Rotunda so that it may be appreciated by future generations. The interior is open to the public on Wednesdays, except during the winter months, and the grounds are open every day... ... ... [from WikipediA, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rotonda]
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| Villa, veneto, ville venete, Capra, Almerico, Valmarana, Palladio, gem, italian, palazzo, Renaissance, house, building, Vicenza, Italy, Arrigo Silva, Enrico Dalbosco |
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