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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto is a World Heritage Site in Italy, which protects buildings by the architect Andrea Palladio. UNESCO inscribed the site on the World Heritage List in 1994. At first the site was called "Vicenza, City of Palladio" and only buildings in the immediate area of Vicenza were included.
- 333.87 ha (825.0 acres)
- 1994 (18th Session)
- Cultural: (i), (ii)
Palladian villas of the Veneto. Coordinates: 45°33′N 11°33′E. Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza. One of Palladio's most influential designs. Villa Godi in Lugo Vicentino. An early work notable for lack of external decoration. The Palladian villas of the Veneto are villas designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, all of whose ...
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The city of Vicenza and the Palladian villas of the Veneto is a serial site including the city of Vicenza and twenty-four Palladian villas scattered in the Veneto area. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994, the site initially comprised only the city of Vicenza with its twenty-three buildings attributed to Palladio, as well as three ...
The City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto represent the Palladian style in architecture, which became influential all over Europe and the United States. The buildings are the work of the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio. His work was strongly inspired by classical Roman principles.
The city of Vicenza and the Palladian villas of the Veneto is a serial site including the city of Vicenza and twenty-four Palladian villas scattered in the Veneto area. Founded in the 2nd century BC in northern Italy, Vicenza prospered under Venetian rule from the early 15th to the end of the 18th century.
Elegance, symmetry and majesty are the key words to describe Palladio's villas and the marvellous palaces of the city of Vicenza, UNESCO 1994. A stroll through these residences means savouring the splendour of 16th-century Veneto, in places where architecture and nature come together to create pure, refined forms.
Coordinates: 45°32′49″N 11°32′48″E. The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance building in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy.