- Villa Zeno
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name =Villa Zeno
location_town =Cessalto
location_country =Italy
architect =Andrea Palladio
client =Marco Zeno
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construction_start_date=1550s
completion_date =modified over the centuries
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style =Palladian |Villa Zeno is a patrician
villa designed byAndrea Palladio . It is atCessalto , Italy, and is the most easterly of Palladio's villas. The building is near the highway betweenVenice andTrieste , but was built to face a canal which served as the primary means of arrival.History
Palladio's building for the
Zeno family has been dated to the 1550s. It is illustrated in "I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura ", the architect's influential publication of 1570, and has similarities to some of the other villas described there such as theVilla Saraceno . It is also reminiscent ofVilla Caldogno Nordera , which is attributed to Palladio, but is not included in "I Quattro Libri".Palladio appears to have incorporated an existing building, and his villa has had several modifications. Its Palladian features include afacade characterised by a triple-archedloggia . The roof is capped with period clay tiles, and the structure is of brick covered withstucco , typical of Palladio who was able to achieve great buildings with what are commonly regarded as inferior materials.Conservation
In 1996 it was designated by
UNESCO as part of theWorld Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and thePalladian Villas of the Veneto ".The villa is in need of restoration.ee also
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Palladian Villas of the Veneto External links
* [http://www.cisapalladio.org/veneto/scheda.php?sezione=4&architettura=9&lingua=e Description of the villa from www.cisapalladio.org]
* [http://www.epalladio.com/ Architectural Reference drawings of The Villas of Palladio]
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