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Encyclopedia > Villa Godi
Andrea Palladio's first commission, Villa Godi.
Andrea Palladio's first commission, Villa Godi.
Salon in the centre of Villa Godi.
Salon in the centre of Villa Godi.

The Villa Godi is a patrician villa in Lugo di Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It was one of the first projects by Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph - the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. The work was commissioned by the brothers Girolamo, Pietro and Marcantonio Godi, started in 1537 and concluded in 1542, with later modifications to the rear entry and gardens. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 494 pixelsFull resolution (972 × 600 pixel, file size: 234 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. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 494 pixelsFull resolution (972 × 600 pixel, file size: 234 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. ... Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 – August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (899 × 600 pixel, file size: 220 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. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (899 × 600 pixel, file size: 220 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. ... Lugo di Vicenza is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ... Veneto or Venetia, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. ... Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 – August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. ...


The building is striking for the lack of ornamentation usually associated with Palladio's mature work, and for the refined, symmetrical proportions of the façade and massing of the structure. The plan is arranged with two apartments on each side of the central axis between the recessed entryway loggia to the salone. The interior is decorated with frescos by Gualtiero Padovano and other artisans. Villa Godi by Palladio. ...


The villa and extensive gardens are open to the public in the afternoon, year round. The building also houses a museum of archeology, with hundreds of fossils of plant and animal life for the region.


See also

Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from the designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). ... 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. ...

External links

  • Villa Godi - Lonedo di Lugo Vicentino - (1537)

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Palladian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2857 words)
Villa Godi (illustrated left) has as its focal point a loggia rather than a portico, plus loggias terminating each end of the main building.
Palladian villas are usually on just three floors: a rusticated basement or ground floor, containing the service and minor rooms; above this, the piano nobile accessed through a portico reached by flight of external steps, containing the principal reception and bedrooms; and above this, a low mezzanine floor with secondary bedrooms and accommodation.
The proportions of each room within the villa were calculated on simple mathematical ratios like 3:4 and 4:5, and the different rooms within the house were interrelated by these ratios.
Istituto Italiano Scuola dell' Istituto Italiano Cultura: regione: Questo mese in Italia, Giugno :: This Month in ... (1711 words)
The villas of Palladio draw on classic villas, the interiors are organized in orderly spaces of mathematic harmony and the facades are designed to function with the interior spaces.
It is a villa made for man of the church, in which Palladio included elements to suggest a sense of sacredness, probably inspired by the Roman Pantheon that in those times was called “Rotonda”, He realized a villa-temple intended to celebrate the prestige of the owner.
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