City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Architect Andrea Palladio
Location	Veneto, Italy
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii)
Reference	712bis
Inscription	1994 (18th Session)
Extensions	1996
Area	333.87 ha (825.0 acres)
Coordinates	45°32′57″N11°32′58″E / 45.54917°N 11.54944°E / 45.54917; 11.54944
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Plaque for Vicenza in the UNESCO World Heritage List

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. ^[1] 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3] In total there are 47 Palladian buildings registered in the UNESCO list in the Veneto region. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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		45°33′55″N11°32′49″E / 45.56528°N 11.54694°E / 45.56528; 11.54694 (Villa Trissino)
712-003	Villa Gazzotti Grimani	Vicenza	Vicenza		45°33′13″N11°34′30″E / 45.55361°N 11.57500°E / 45.55361; 11.57500 (Villa Gazzotti)
712-004	Villa Almerico Capra, «La Rotonda»	Vicenza	Vicenza		45°31′54″N11°33′36″E / 45.53167°N 11.56000°E / 45.53167; 11.56000 (Villa Almerico Capra)
712-005	Villa Angarano	Bassano del Grappa	Vicenza		45°46′50″N11°43′25″E / 45.78056°N 11.72361°E / 45.78056; 11.72361 (Villa Angarano)
712-006	Villa Caldogno	Caldogno	Vicenza		45°36′26″N11°30′24″E / 45.60722°N 11.50667°E / 45.60722; 11.50667 (Villa Caldogno)
712-007	Villa Chiericati	Grumolo delle Abbadesse	Vicenza		45°30′16″N11°39′12″E / 45.50444°N 11.65333°E / 45.50444; 11.65333
712-008	Villa Forni Cerato	Montecchio Precalcino	Vicenza		45°39′11″N11°33′40″E / 45.65306°N 11.56111°E / 45.65306; 11.56111
712-009	Villa Godi	Lonedo di Lugo Vicentino	Vicenza		45°44′44″N11°31′43″E / 45.74556°N 11.52861°E / 45.74556; 11.52861
712-010	Villa Pisani	Bagnolo di Lonigo	Vicenza		45°21′31″N11°22′10″E / 45.35861°N 11.36944°E / 45.35861; 11.36944
712-011	Villa Poiana	Poiana Maggiore	Vicenza		45°16′54″N11°30′03″E / 45.28167°N 11.50083°E / 45.28167; 11.50083
712-012	Villa Saraceno	Agugliaro	Vicenza		45°18′38″N11°35′12″E / 45.31056°N 11.58667°E / 45.31056; 11.58667 (Villa Saraceno)
712-013	Villa Thiene	Quinto Vicentino	Vicenza		45°34′22″N11°37′47″E / 45.57278°N 11.62972°E / 45.57278; 11.62972 (Villa Thiene)
712-014	Villa Trissino	Sarego	Vicenza		45°25′42″N11°24′49″E / 45.42833°N 11.41361°E / 45.42833; 11.41361 (Villa Trissino)
712-015	Villa Valmarana	Bolzano Vicentino	Vicenza		45°35′01″N11°36′41″E / 45.58361°N 11.61139°E / 45.58361; 11.61139 (Villa Valmarana)
712-016	Villa Valmarana	Monticello Conte Otto	Vicenza		45°34′58″N11°35′40″E / 45.58278°N 11.59444°E / 45.58278; 11.59444 (Villa Valmarana)
712-017	Villa Badoer, «La Badoera»	Fratta Polesine	Rovigo		45°01′48″N11°38′46″E / 45.03000°N 11.64611°E / 45.03000; 11.64611 (Villa Badoer)
712-018	Villa Barbaro	Maser	Treviso		45°48′20″N11°58′48″E / 45.80556°N 11.98000°E / 45.80556; 11.98000 (Villa Barbaro)
712-019	Villa Emo	Vedelago	Treviso		45°42′43″N11°59′23″E / 45.71194°N 11.98972°E / 45.71194; 11.98972 (Villa Emo)
712-020	Villa Zeno	Cessalto	Treviso		45°42′11″N12°38′20″E / 45.70306°N 12.63889°E / 45.70306; 12.63889 (Villa Zeno)
712-021	Villa Foscari, «La Malcontenta»	Mira	Venice		45°26′07″N12°12′01″E / 45.43528°N 12.20028°E / 45.43528; 12.20028 (Villa Foscari)
712-022	Villa Pisani	Montagnana	Padua		45°13′37″N11°28′07″E / 45.22694°N 11.46861°E / 45.22694; 11.46861 (Villa Pisani)
712-023	Villa Cornaro	Piombino Dese	Padua		45°36′14″N11°59′57″E / 45.60389°N 11.99917°E / 45.60389; 11.99917 (Villa Cornaro)
712-024	Villa Serego	San Pietro in Cariano	Verona		45°29′58″N10°55′32″E / 45.49944°N 10.92556°E / 45.49944; 10.92556 (Villa Serego)
712-025	Villa Piovene	Lugo Vicentino	Vicenza		45°44′48″N11°31′36″E / 45.74667°N 11.52667°E / 45.74667; 11.52667 (Villa Piovene)

See also

• Palladian architecture

References

1. "UNESCO World heritage site number 712". Whc.unesco.org. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
2. Unesco 1994 (pdf)
3. "Year of Palladio". Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
4. "Le componenti del sito - Comune di Vicenza". www.comune.vicenza.it. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018.
5. "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".

External links

• Palladio Museum
• Architectural Reference drawings of The Villas of Palladio
• Palladio and Britain Online exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects (in English)
• Palladio and The Veneto Online exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects (in English)
• Palladio Centre and Museum in Vicenza, Italy (in English and Italian)
• 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) (in English and Italian)
• 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
• Digital images of 1721 and 1742 edition of The architecture of A. Palladio
• 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