Palazzo Te

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Palazzo Te is a 16th-century Mannerist villa in Mantua, Italy, renowned for its elaborate frescoes and playful architectural design by Giulio Romano.

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Palazzo Te canonical 5
Palazzo del Te 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist villa
Renaissance palace
historic house museum
architect Giulio Romano
architecturalStyle Mannerism
Renaissance architecture
builtFor Federico II Gonzaga
commissionedBy Federico II Gonzaga
completionDate 1534
country Italy
currentUse exhibition venue
museum
decoratedBy Giovanni Battista del Moro
Giulio Romano
Rinaldo Mantovano
function court residence
suburban pleasure villa
genre suburban villa
hasArchitecturalFeature courtyards
illusionistic perspective effects
loggias
rusticated facades
triglyphs and metopes used in playful ways
hasPart Cortile d’Onore
Giardino Segreto
Loggia di Davide
Sala dei Cavalli
Sala dei Giganti
Sala di Amore e Psiche
central courtyard
formal gardens
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Mantua and Sabbioneta"
inception 16th century
locatedIn Italy
Lombardy
Mantua
locatedOn former island of Te
material brick
stucco
namedAfter island of Te
notableFor elaborate fresco cycles
illusionistic decoration
playful architectural design
openToPublic true
owner Municipality of Mantua
surface form: Comune di Mantova
patron Federico II Gonzaga
significantEvent Gonzaga court festivities in the 16th century
startDate 1524
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2008

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mantua hasLandmark Palazzo Te
Mannerism hasNotableWork Palazzo Te
this entity surface form: Palazzo del Te
Duchy of Mantua notableBuilding Palazzo Te
Gonzaga dynasty residence Palazzo Te
Gonzaga notableBuilding Palazzo Te