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Vicenza UNESCO world heritage sites

Vicenza center

Chiericati Palace at Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 37/39
The harmonious facade is structured on two superimposed orders, with a crowning of statues. The lower floor has a colonnaded portico in Doric order along its entire lenght. The upper floor, in Ionic order, is closed in the central part and has two elegant loggias on the sides.
Thiene Palace at Contra San Gaetano Thiene, 11
The rich, powerful and sophisticated Thiene brothers belonged to that great Italian nobility which could move with ease among Europe's most important courts: they therefore required a domestic stage adequate for the cosmopolitan expectations of their guests who might visit them.
Loggia del Capitaniato at Piazza dei Signori, 1
The overall design is extremely sophisticated, as witnessed for example by the portals which open within the niches and follow their curvature.
Palladian Basilica on Piazza Dei Signori
The most notable feature of the edifice is the loggia, which shows one of the first examples of what have come to be known as the Palladian window, designed by a young Andrea Palladio, whose work in architecture was to have a significant effect on the field during the Renaissance and later periods.
Cathedral Santa Maria Annunciata at Piazzetta Duomo
It is the seat of the Bishop of Vicenza, and is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
Porto Palace at Piazza Castello, 18
It is one of two palaces in the city designed by Palladio for members of the Porto family (the other being Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello).

Vicenza surroundings

Villa Trissino at Str. Marosticana 6
It was mainly built in the 16th century and is associated by tradition with the architect Andrea Palladio.
Villa Gazzotti Grimani at Via San Cristoforo 23, Bertesina
For the first time Palladio presents the body of the building as a clearly defined cube.
Villa Almerico Capra "La Rotonda" at Via della Rotonda, 45
This sophisticated building was designed for a site which was, in modern terminology, "suburban". Palladio classed the building as a "palazzo" rather than a villa.