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When Don Giovanni moved into a Palladian masterpiece
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PALLADIAN VILLAS · THE ORIGINAL COUNTRY HOUSE DREAM
Your Bridgerton fantasy has an Italian address.
You know the look. You may not know it began with Palladio.
SEE THE ONE YOU CAN SLEEP IN →NETFLIX·GREENWICH PARK·ENGLISH HERITAGE·HOUSE & GARDEN·THE NEW YORKER·
Unpredictable things to find on a Palladian estate
You begin in the historic centre among palaces, porticoes and the Teatro Olimpico, then the city loosens into villa roads, gardens, loggias, barchesse and countryside tables.
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Views for Bridgerton, Season 1.
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Palladian buildings inside Vicenza, plus twenty four villas across the Veneto. One UNESCO listing.
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The four books The New Yorker calls the first architectural monograph.
1979
Losey films Mozart’s Don Giovanni inside La Rotonda.
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Volumes on food, wine and the land, behind one palazzo door.
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One ficus, across the ceiling of a glasshouse.
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How to read a Palladian villa
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The four books The New Yorker calls the first architectural monograph
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PALLADIO IN VICENZA, ONE DAY
Live the Palladian dream in Vicenza
Morning
Inside a Palladian palazzo in the heart of Vicenza, then out into arcades, cafés, galleries, jewellers and independent shops.
OPEN THE MORNING →Afternoon
A Palladian country estate, with architecture, gardens and the working landscape around it.
OPEN THE AFTERNOON →Evening
Back in Vicenza for dinner, music and a late drink around Piazza dei Signori.
OPEN THE EVENING →Palladio beyond the villa
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