Villa Cornaro
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Veneto, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Villa Cornaro is a patrician villa in Piombino Dese, about 30 km northwest of Venice, Italy. It was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1552 and is illustrated and described by him in Book Two of his 1570 masterwork, I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books on Architecture).[1]Villa Cornaro is an example of one of Palladio's designs whose influence can be seen in later architecture. In efforts on preservation, Villa Cornaro has not always remained in the possession of the state.
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Piombino Dese, Province of Venice, Veneto, Italy |
Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
Reference | 712bis-023 |
Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
Extensions | 1996 |
Coordinates | 45°36′14″N 11°59′57″E |
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