- Villa Angarano
The Villa Angarano or "Villa Angarano Bianchi Michiel" is a
villa inBassano del Grappa , Italy. It was originally conceived byAndrea Palladio who published a plan in his book "I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura " [A. Palladio,I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura , Venezia (Venice ) 1570, "libro" (book) II it icon] .History
Work was started on the wings of Palladio's design in the 1540s or 1540s . A decision appears to have been reached to leave a pre-existing house in the middle of the site. The proposed Palladian villa was never built: Palladio's patron may have been obliged to halt the project for financial reasons. However, the central building was eventually rebuilt after a plan by
Baldassarre Longhena , which is not Palladian in style [ [http://www.cisapalladio.org/veneto/scheda.php?sezione=4&architettura=28&lingua=e] cisapalladio.org retrieved 17.02.08] .The original design included areas to serve as as cellars, stables, dove-houses, wineries, and other utilitarian spaces. However, not all of these features were actually built.
Conservation
Although the building as it stands is only partly by Palladio, in 1996
UNESCO included it in theWorld Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and thePalladian Villas of the Veneto ".Notes
ee also
Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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