Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza The City centre of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are a cluster of works by Andrea Palladio and his students which were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994 and expanded two years later. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã 485 pixelsFull resolution (980 Ã 594 pixel, file size: 198 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ...
Veneto or Venetia, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. ...
Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 â August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...
Many of the families for whom Palladio designed villas also owned a town palazzo. The term villa was always used to describe the country house distinguishing them from the family Palazzo which was usually in town. In most cases the family coupled their surname with the Palazzo or Villa title, hence confusingly there is both a Villa and a Palazzo Chiericati, just as there is a Palazzo Foscari in Venice and a Villa Foscari in the [1] in the Veneto. The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ...
The façade of Palazzo Chiericati, in Vicenza. ...
The Palazzo Foscari (known in Venice as Ca Foscari) was built on the waterfront of Venices Grand Canal circa 1452 by the Doge Francesco Foscari, who required its design to demonstrate his wealth and power. ...
Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...
Villa Foscari, a great creation by Andrea Palladio, is better known as La Malcontenta. ...
The Vicenza and the Villas of the Veneto were listed as a UNESCO cultural world heritage site in 1994.[1] UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...
Besides from the historic centre of Vicenza, the site includes the following villas: - Villa Angarano, Bassano del Grappa
- Villa Badoer, Fratta Polesine
- Villa Barbaro, Maser
- Villa Caldogno, Caldogno
- Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Vicenza
- Villa Chiericati, Grumolo delle Abbadesse
- Villa Cornaro, Piombino Dese
The Palazzo Chiericati Palladio designed this and also the Chiericati family's country retreat the Villa Chiericati - Villa Emo, Vedelago
- Villa Forni Cerato, Montecchio Precalcino
- Villa Foscari, Mira
- Villa Gazzotti Grimani, Vicenza
- Villa Godi, Lonedo di Lugo Vicentino
- Villa Piovene, Lugo Vicentino
- Villa Pisani, Bagnolo di Lonigo
- Villa Pisani Montagnana
- Villa Poiana, Poiana Maggiore
- Villa Saraceno, Agugliaro
- Villa Serego, San Pietro in Cariano
- Villa Thiene, Quinto Vicentino
- Villa Trissino, Sarego
- Villa Trissino, Vicenza
- Villa Valmarana, Bolzano Vicentino
- Villa Valmarana, Monticello Conte Otto
- Villa Zeno, Cessalto
Country Italy Region Veneto Province Vicenza (VI) Mayor Gianpaolo Bizzotto Elevation 129 m Area 46 km² Population - Total (as of 2001) 40,411 - Density 879/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Bassanesi Dialing code 0424 Postal code 36061 Frazioni Campese, Marchesane, Quartiere Prè, Rubbio, San Lazzaro, San Michele...
Villa Badoer is an Italian mansion or Villa built in 1557 in the village of Fratta Polesine in the Po river valley by Andrea Palladio for Francesco Badoer of Venice. ...
Fratta Polesine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 km southwest of Venice and about 11 km southwest of Rovigo. ...
Villa Barbaro is a patrician villa in Maser, in the Veneto, northern Italy. ...
Maser is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km northwest of Venice and about 25 km northwest of Treviso. ...
Caldogno is a town near Vicenza in Italy. ...
Villa Capra La Rotonda in Vicenza. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
Cross section of Villa Chiericati. ...
Grumolo delle Abbadesse is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Villa Cornaro is a patrician villa in Piombino Dese, c. ...
Country Italy Region Veneto Province Province of Padua (PD) Mayor Elevation m Area 29. ...
Image File history File links Palazzo_Chiericati. ...
Image File history File links Palazzo_Chiericati. ...
The façade of Palazzo Chiericati, in Vicenza. ...
The Chiericati family were an affluent family from Vicenza, Italy during the 16th century. ...
Cross section of Villa Chiericati. ...
Villa Emo is an Italian villa built in the Veneto near the village of Fanzolo di Vedelago by Andrea Palladio in 1559 for the Emo family of Venice. ...
Vedelago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km northwest of Venice and about 20 km west of Treviso. ...
Montecchio Precalcino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Villa Foscari, a great creation by Andrea Palladio, is better known as La Malcontenta. ...
Mira is a town in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. ...
Andrea Palladios first commission, Villa Godi in the Veneto region of northern Italy The Villa Godi was one of the first projects by Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph - the Quattro Libri dellArchitettura. ...
Lugo di Vicenza is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Lugo di Vicenza is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Lonigo is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Montagnana is a commune in the province of Padova, in Veneto. ...
Villa Pojana or Poiana, is a patrician villa in Poiana Maggiore, Veneto (northern Italy). ...
Poiana Maggiore is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Agugliaro is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Country Italy Region Veneto Province Province of Verona (VR) Mayor Elevation 151 m Area 20. ...
Quinto Vicentino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Sarego is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Bolzano Vicentino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Monticello Conte Otto is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...
Cessalto is a commune with 3. ...
References
- ^ UNESCO World heritage site number 712
External links | Aeolian Islands · Aquileia · Agrigento · Pompeii, Herculaneum, Torre Annunziata · Botanical Garden, Padua · Caserta Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, San Leucio Complex · Castel del Monte · Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Paestum, Velia, Certosa di Padula · Amalfi Coast · Crespi d'Adda · Ravenna · Cerveteri, Tarquinia · Ferrara · Florence · Assisi · Matera · Cathedral, Torre Civica, Piazza Grande, Modena · Naples · Genoa · Piazza del Duomo, Pisa · Pienza · Portovenere, Cinque Terre (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore), Palmaria, Tino, Tinetto · Residences of the Royal House of Savoy · Valcamonica · Rome1 · Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy · San Gimignano · Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan · Val di Noto (Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Scicli) · Siena · Barumini nuraghes · Syracuse, Necropolis of Pantalica · Alberobello · Urbino · Val d'Orcia · Venice · Verona · Vicenza, Palladian Villas of the Veneto · Hadrian's Villa · Villa d'Este · Villa Romana del Casale A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ...
The Aeolian Islands. ...
Aquileia (Friulian Aquilee, Slovene Oglej) is an ancient Roman town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 km from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. ...
San Lorenzo. ...
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. ...
Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. ...
Torre Annunziata, population 52,875 (1991), is a city in the province of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. ...
The Botanical Garden of Padova (or Garden of the Simples) in a 16th century print; in the background, the Basilica of SantAntonio. ...
The Palace of Caserta, in Italian Reggia di Caserta, is a former royal residence in Caserta, near Naples, constructed for the Borbone kings of Naples. ...
San Leucio resort or San Leucio Complex In 1750 Charles VII of Naples selected this place for an unusual social and tecnological experiment, a different model of production based on technical innovation and alert to the needs of workers. ...
Castel del Monte. ...
Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Velia is an ancient town of Lucania (present Basilicata), Italy, on the hill now crowned by the medieval castle of Castellainmare della Bruca, 440 ft. ...
The Certosa di Padula, also known as Carthusian Monastery of Padula or Chartreuse of Padula or or , is a large famous Carthusian monastery in the Cilento National Park near Salerno in Southern Italy. ...
The Amalfi Coast, or Costiera Amalfitana in Italian, is a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of Italy (Province of Salerno), extending from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east. ...
The Crespi factory Crespi dAdda is a worker village in Italy founded in the 19th century. ...
Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...
A small town located approximately 60 miles N of Rome. ...
Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. ...
Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ...
Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ...
This article is about the Italian town. ...
A street corner in the ancient Sassi di Matera as it looks today. ...
The Cathedral with the Ghirlandina. ...
The Torre della Ghirlandina or Torre Civica is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...
Modena (Mòdna in Modenese dialect) is a city and a province on the south side of the Po valley, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...
Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ...
Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ...
The Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. ...
Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val dOrcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the touchstone of Renaissance urbanism. ...
Portovenere is a village in Liguria, Italy located 12km from La Spezia. ...
The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in the Liguria region of Italy. ...
Monterosso al Mare is a town and commune in the province of La Spezia, part of the region of Liguria (northern Italy). ...
Vernazza Vernazza is one of the five towns in Italys picturesque Cinque Terre region, located in the La Spezia province in the northwest of the country. ...
Corniglia differs from the other villages of the Cinque Terre as it does not directly look upon the sea but raises on the top of a promontory about 100 meters high, surrounded on three sides by vineyards and terraces and the fourth side descends steeply on the sea. ...
View of Manarola. ...
Riomaggiore Riomaggiore, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy, is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets coming from La Spezia. ...
Tino The Italian island of Tino is situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. ...
The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy is a group of structures in Turin and its province, in Piedmont (northern Italy). ...
Val Camonica is a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. ...
Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1,285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban 5...
Sacro Monte di Varallo. ...
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hilltop town in Tuscany, Italy, about a 35-minute drive northwest of Siena or southwest of Florence. ...
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Renaissance church in Milan built by Guiniforte Solari between 1466 and 1490 on a commission by Dominican monks. ...
Val di Noto (English: Valley of Noto) is a geographical area of south east Sicily; it is dominated by the limestone Iblean plateau. ...
Caltagirone is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km SW of Catania. ...
Country Italy Region Sicily Province Province of Catania (CT) Mayor Elevation 413 m Area 62. ...
The Roman Odeon. ...
Country Italy Region Sicily Province Ragusa (RG) Mayor Pietro Torchi Lucifora (since May 28, 2002 Elevation 296 m Area 290. ...
Noto is a city in Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Syracuse, 32 km southwest of the city of Syracuse, at the feet of the Iblei Mountains. ...
Palazzolo Acreide, a town of Sicily, in the Province_of_Syracuse, 28 m. ...
Ragusa Ragusa is a city in southern Italy. ...
Scicli is a city in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily. ...
Piazza del Campo Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ...
Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia Central tower of the Nuraghe at Saint Antine of Torralba Su Nurraxi. ...
Syracuse (Italian Siracusa, Sicilian Sarausa, Greek , Latin Syracusae) is an Italian city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse. ...
The Necropolis of Pantalica is a large necropolis in Sicily with about 5000 tombs dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC. Pantalica is situated in the valleys of the rivers Anapo and Calcinara, between the towns of Ferla and Sortino in south-eastern Sicily. ...
Alberobello is a small town in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. ...
Panorama of Urbino with the cathedral and the palazzo ducale Urbino is a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site with a great cultural history during the Renaissance as the seat of Federico da Montefeltro. ...
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...
Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
The villas recreation of Canopus, a resort near Alexandria, as seen from the temple of Serapis Theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy in refined mosaic, from the villa (Capitoline Museum, Rome) The Villa of the Emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, Italy, even in ruined condition is one of the most...
Park of the Villa dEste, Carl Blechen, 1830 The gardens at the Villa dEste The Villa dEste is a masterpiece of Italian architecture and garden design. ...
Villa Romana del Casale is located about 5km outside the town of Piazza Armerina. ...
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