Palladio and Palladian style
Andrea Palladio was a 16th century Italian architect. The Palladian style, named after him, is based on symmetry, perspective and classical Greek and Roman temple architecture.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Australian Convict Sites | Old Government House Extensions | |
| Beemster Polder | Rectangular road layout | |
| Blenheim Palace | Great Bridge | |
| City of Bath | Palladian Bridge in Prior Park | |
| Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz | Wörlitz castle | |
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | "The spa city [of Bath] is celebrated for its exceptional Georgian town planning, Palladian architectural ensembles, squares and crescents", with the "Royal Crescent (1767-75) (...) by Wood the Younger (the triumph of Palladian architecture in England)". "Villa Artemis was built in 1875 after a project of the builder Konrad Eckel, it is one of the purest examples of Neo-Palladianism in Karlovy Vary." "Villa Patriot [in Mariánské Lázně] belongs among the most characteristic examples of Palladian buildings in the villa architecture of the West Bohemian spas." (Nomination File, p. 69, 140, 162, 272) | |
| Longobards in Italy | The Archaeological museum pf Cividale is situated in the "Palazzo dei Provveditori Veneti". This was "designed by Andrea Palladio and built between 1565 and 1596" See - | |
| Maritime Greenwich | Queens house | |
| Monticello | ||
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | The monument dedicated to Pietro Bembo in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua is a project by the architect Andrea Palladio. | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | The Ecole militaire has Palladian-inspired facades | |
| Prague | Černín Palace - "decorated with thirty Palladian half-columns" | |
| Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans | Palladian pediments at the white stone buildings | |
| St. Petersburg | Tauride Palace, State Bank and Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Palladian Bridge and Saint Sophia's Church in Pu?kin, Palace in Pavlovo | |
| Studley Royal Park | One of the follies in the park is palladian style banqueting house | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Redentore Church; San Giorgio Maggiore Church, Cloister and Refectory; Zitelle Church; Facade of San Pietro di Castello Church; San Francesco della Vigna Church; Convent of the Charity; Few Rooms in the Ducal Palace | |
| Verona | Dalla Torre Palace | |
| Vicenza and the Palladian Villas |
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