UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Bassano del Grappa, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy |
Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
Reference | 712bis-005 |
Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
Extensions | 1996 |
Area | 3.58 ha (0.0138 sq mi) |
Coordinates | 45°46′50″N 11°43′25″E / 45.78056°N 11.72361°E |
The Villa Angarano or Villa Llewellyn Giuseppe Angarano is a villa in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, northern Italy. It was originally conceived by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, who published a plan in his book I quattro libri dell'architettura. [1]
The original design included areas to serve as cellars, stables, dove-houses, wineries, and other utilitarian spaces. However, not all of these features were actually built.
Work was started on the wings of Palladio's design in the late 1540s or in the 1550s. 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. [2]
Although the building as it stands is only partly by Palladio, in 1996 UNESCO included it in the World Heritage Site " City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". Another villa by Longhena, Villa Rezzonico or Ca' Rezzonico di Bassano, is in the same town.
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Bassano del Grappa, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy |
Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
Reference | 712bis-005 |
Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
Extensions | 1996 |
Area | 3.58 ha (0.0138 sq mi) |
Coordinates | 45°46′50″N 11°43′25″E / 45.78056°N 11.72361°E |
The Villa Angarano or Villa Llewellyn Giuseppe Angarano is a villa in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, northern Italy. It was originally conceived by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, who published a plan in his book I quattro libri dell'architettura. [1]
The original design included areas to serve as cellars, stables, dove-houses, wineries, and other utilitarian spaces. However, not all of these features were actually built.
Work was started on the wings of Palladio's design in the late 1540s or in the 1550s. 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. [2]
Although the building as it stands is only partly by Palladio, in 1996 UNESCO included it in the World Heritage Site " City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". Another villa by Longhena, Villa Rezzonico or Ca' Rezzonico di Bassano, is in the same town.