Going back to my early villa in Italy plan, the one thing that I thought might help it work was that maybe architecture students would want to spend time in Vicenza because of Palladio. Because of him, Vicenza is, like Verona, a Unesco World Heritage site.
Technically it extends beyond the city limits, because he also built some villas in the surrounding country, but they are all still within the Veneto region, including his buildings in Venice.
Andrea Palladio was a 16th century Italian architect. The name "Palladio" was given to him by a playwright, invoking Pallas Athena the Roman goddess of women. Palladio studied Roman architecture and incorporated it into his own designs.
He was a huge influence on architecture, not just through those who saw his designs, but also through his treatise, The Four Books of Architecture (I Quattro Libri dell/Architetturra).
These pictures were just taken walking around downtown Vicenza, so do not do the best job of showing off his work, but it does illustrate that just randomly going around Vicenza you will see his influence. In this case, the Palazzo Chiericati, Palazzo Thiene, and Basilica Palladiana are all close together, and in fact you travel along the Corso Andrea Palladio to get there, so it makes sense that there would also be a statue of him there.
When you go into Salvi Garden and see the bridge, that is by Palladio, and that is the part that people make sure you see. When you go driving in the country, you will see his designs, and then you will see his influence in other places. Monticello and the United States Capitol were influenced by Palladio.
Two of his most famous works were not finished during his lifetime, and have other interesting fun facts, so we will write about those next week.
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