Villa Zeno
| Villa Zeno | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Town or city | Cessalto |
| Country | Italy |
| Construction started | 1550s |
| Completed | modified over the centuries |
| Client | Marco Zeno |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Andrea Palladio |
Villa Zeno is a patrician villa designed byAndrea Palladio. It is at Cessalto, Italy. It is near the highway between Venice and Trieste and is the most easterly of Palladio's villas.
History
Palladio's building for the Zeno family has been dated to the 1550s. It's design follows many of the Palladian structures illustrated in I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, the architect's influential publication of 1570. The villa has had several modifications since its incarnation, though it retains a facade, arched passageway and a well defined central pediment, all of which are in keeping with stylistic features of several Palladian villas. The roof is capped with period clay tiles and the exterior had a stucco over brick construction, a typical fabrication method.
In 1996 it was designated by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Palladian Villas of the Veneto.
See also
External links
- Description of the villa from www.cisapalladio.org
- Architectural Reference drawings of The Villas of Palladio
