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Architecture- Vicenza Basilica Palladiana |
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architect |
Andrea Palladio |
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location |
Vicenza |
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date |
1549-1614 |
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style |
Italian Rennaisance |
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construction |
masonry |
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type |
Exhibition hall |
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The Basilica Palladiana stands in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza. The Council of One Hundred commissioned the well-known architect Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) to build it in April 1549. Palladio worked on the Basilica all his life, but only in 1614 -- thirty years after his death -- did the building stand complete. Nowadays it often hosts exhibitions in its large halls. |
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