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.
Various types of buildings were represented in the original site, which included the Basilica Palladiana, Teatro Olimpico and palazzi in the city itself, along with a few villas in the vicinity.Unesco 1994 (pdf) However, most of Palladio's surviving villas lay outside the site. In 1996 the site was expanded. Its present name reflects the fact that it includes all the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto also has some examples of ecclesiastical architecture, including the relatively small church at Maser. In total there are 47 Palladian buildings registered in the UNESCO list in the Veneto region.
There is another important group of urban buildings by Palladio in Venice, a city which also has World Heritage Site status. Venice has notable examples of ecclesiastical architecture by Palladio, including the San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice.
List of sites in the center of Vicenza The World Heritage List have been registered since 1994: the historic center of Vicenza with the 23 Palladian monuments located within the ancient medieval walls of the city.
Site Image Description Arco delle Scalette Arch built in 1596, whose design is attributed to Palladio, about 1575. It is located in the south-eastern border of the historic center of the city of Vicenza, and it was the only point of access from the city to the sanctuary of Monte Berico. Basilica Palladiana Centrally located in Vicenza's Piazza dei Signori, of which Palladio himself said that "it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity" Teatro Olimpico Designed for the Accademia Olimpica (Olympic Academy) and begun to be built in 1580, when Palladio died. The wooden scenes are by Vincenzo Scamozzi Palazzo Chiericati Home of the city pinacotheca Palazzo del Capitaniato The palazzo is currently used by the town council, inside the Sala Bernarda. Palazzo Porto Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare (built by Vincenzo Scamozzi) Palazzo Thiene Palazzo Valmarana Palazzo Barbaran da Porto Home of the Museo Palladio Palazzetto Capra sul Corso Palazzo Civena Casa Cogollo “House of Palladio” Palazzo da Monte Migliorini Palazzo Garzadori Palazzo Pojana Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello (incomplete) Palazzo Schio Loggia Valmarana Dome of the cathedral Northern portal of the Cathedral Portal of Santa Maria in Foro dei Servi Santa Maria Nova, Vicenza
List of villas Later in 1996, the site was extended by inserting another 24 Palladian villas distributed in the Veneto region # Name Location Province Image Coordinates 712-002 Villa Trissino Vicenza Vicenza 712-003 Villa Gazzotti Grimani Vicenza Vicenza 712-004 Villa Almerico Capra, «La Rotonda» Vicenza Vicenza 712-005 Villa Angarano Bassano del Grappa Vicenza 712-006 Villa Caldogno Caldogno Vicenza 712-007 Villa Chiericati Grumolo delle Abbadesse Vicenza 712-008 Villa Forni Cerato Montecchio Precalcino Vicenza 712-009 Villa Godi Lonedo di Lugo Vicentino Vicenza 712-010 Villa Pisani Bagnolo di Lonigo Vicenza 712-011 Villa Poiana Poiana Maggiore Vicenza 712-012 Villa Saraceno Agugliaro Vicenza 712-013 Villa Thiene Quinto Vicentino Vicenza 712-014 Villa Trissino Sarego Vicenza 712-015 Villa Valmarana Bolzano Vicentino Vicenza 712-016 Villa Valmarana Monticello Conte Otto Vicenza 712-017 Villa Badoer, «La Badoera» Fratta Polesine Rovigo 712-018 Villa Barbaro Maser Treviso 712-019 Villa Emo Vedelago Treviso 712-020 Villa Zeno Cessalto Treviso 712-021 Villa Foscari, «La Malcontenta» Mira Venice 712-022 Villa Pisani Montagnana Padua 712-023 Villa Cornaro Piombino Dese Padua 712-024 Villa Serego San Pietro in Cariano Verona 712-025 Villa Piovene Lugo Vicentino Vicenza
See also Palladian architecture
References
External links
Palladio Museum Architectural Reference drawings of The Villas of Palladio Palladio and Britain Online exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects Palladio and The Veneto Online exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects Palladio Centre and Museum in Vicenza, Italy The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc. Palladio's Italian Villas website which includes material by the owners of Villa Cornaro Official Website of the 500 Years Exhibition in Vicenza – Italy (2008) Quincentenary of Andrea Palladio's birth – Celebration Committee Describes a major exhibition touring venues in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States Year of Palladio Andrea Palladio on Empty Canon Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy, at the Royal Academy, review, The Telegraph, 2 February 2009 How I Spent A Few Days in Palladio's World, The Wall Street Journal, 3 March 2009 All He Surveyed, Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker, 30 March 2009 Principles of Palladio's Architecture: II, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1945 Nature and Antiquity in the Work of Andrea Palladio, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, September 2000
Quattro libri dell'architettura From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress Andrea Palladio Architecture on Google Maps Bertotti Scamozzi, Ottavio, "Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio : raccolta ed illustrati" 1776