Villa Badoer - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Villa Badoer - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556Archival research by Lionello Puppi resulted in a sound date of 1556 for the commission, putting to rest estimated dates ranging as early as 1548 (Zorzi) and as late as c. 1566 (Wittkower). by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563 on the site of a medieval castle, which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the façade of a villa. Read more on Wikipedia
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