Venice Day trip to Vicenza, in the region of Veneto with Isabella Dusi visit the birthplace of Andrea Palladio and today the third largest industrial city by export in Italy.
Vicenca is home to twenty three buildings by Palladio. The famous ones include:
- The three-dimensional stage a the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, designed for the Accademia degli Olimpico. Construction had started on this project when Palladio died in 1580.;
- Palazzo Thiene, which Palladio turned into a Palladio building although Palladio was not the original architect;
- The Basilica Palladiana, centrally located in Vicenza's Piazza dei Signori, of which Palladio himself that it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity;
- The Villa Capra (also known as "La Rotonda"), located just outside the downtown area;
- Palazzo Chiericati, home of Vicenza's museum;
- Palazzo Barbaran Da Porto;
- Palazzo Da Porto Breganze;
- Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello; and
- Villa Gazzotti Grimani, in the frazione Bertesina.
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