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di bellissima inventione" by a certain Giallo
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of 1570 is somewhat different from what was built there. A rear elevation and portico shown in the book were never built, but whether interrupted and not resumed, or curtailed in the course of construction are not known. Puppi suggested "that the omission of the ceremonial features from the back
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decoration. All the rooms are covered by flat ceilings and on the walls a certain "Giallo
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supported by Ionic columns, which bears the family arms, such that the villa's flanks and rear are unarticulated and present a simply utilitarian aspect. This was the first time
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The building is open to the public. Since 21 February 2009 the northern barchesse of the Villa houses the Museo archeologico nazionale di Fratta
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Moreover, the distributive structure of the manorial house reveals
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façade had been decided by the patron, who must have thought them unnecessary in confrontation with the empty expanse of open countryside, and with the short extent of his property... on that side."
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of several flights leading to the front door of the villa, the main descending to the courtyard and the two lateral ones connecting with the gable-ends of the
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The building passed to the public in the 1960s (initially to the Ville Venete
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Constructed and inhabited in 1556, the villa therefore functioned for the management of the fields and was simultaneously a visible sign of the “
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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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thought that they were beautiful, and even fantastic.
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403:Villa Trissino at Meledo
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450:pediment
344:basement
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