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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

World Heritage Site in Italy

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.

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Plaque for Vicenza in the UNESCO World Heritage List

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]

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List of villas

Later in 1996, the site was extended by inserting another 24 Palladian villas distributed in the Veneto region

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See also

References

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