Villa Cornaro

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Villa Cornaro is a renowned 16th-century Venetian villa in Piombino Dese, Italy, celebrated as one of Andrea Palladio’s most influential and imitated architectural designs.

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Villa Cornaro canonical 3

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instanceOf Palladian villa
Renaissance building
villa
architect Andrea Palladio
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture
Renaissance architecture
category Andrea Palladio buildings
Houses completed in the 16th century
Villas in Veneto
commissionedBy Giorgio Cornaro
completionDate mid-16th century
constructionStart 1550
country Italy
era 16th century
floorCount 2
hasMainFacadeOrientation north
south
hasPart barchesse
central hall
garden
loggias
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus World Heritage Site
inception 1550
influenced American colonial revival architecture
Mount Airy (Virginia) design
Palladian architecture in Britain
Palladian architecture in North America
Palladian villas in the English countryside
isPartOf Palladian villas of the Veneto
locatedIn Italy
Province of Padua
Veneto
location Piombino Dese
materialUsed brick
stone
namedAfter Cornaro family
notableFor central projecting portico-loggia on both main facades
influence on later Palladian and Georgian architecture
innovative double-height loggia
symmetrical plan
partOf City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
patron Giorgio Cornaro
region Veneto
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i)
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UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1994

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Andrea Palladio notableWork Villa Cornaro
subject linked to: Andrea