Palladio Architect - Vicenza è

Andrea Palladio, architect
1508-1580
He was born in Padua to Pietro della Gondola and Marta called “la zotta”
(limping Martha). At the age of 16 he went to live in Vicenza, where he
took his education and became one of the greatest architects of his time,
and not only his time, thanks to the style called “Palladianism”, which
spread all over the world: from the White House in Washington to the
Queen’s House in Britain, from the University of Virginia to numerous
palaces of St. Peterborough and Puskin. Almost al portraits ascribed to
Palladio show the text “architetto vicentino”, architect from Vicenza,
and only in mid-twentieth century his birth town was discovered. Many
other aspects of his life are uncertain: his birthplace, the family home
in Vicenza, his features, the cause of his death and the place he died,
and even the place he was buried. Gian Giorgio Trissino, his big mentor,
was certainly right to give him the name Palladio, as though he was an
angel or a mythological, or supernatural character.
One thing is certain: Vicenza, as UNESCO declared, has been universally
recognised as the town of Palladio and has inscribed 23 monuments
of its historic town centre and 16 villas of its province onto the World
Heritage List, which are all ascribed to the architecture genius.
With this little guide book we would like to accompany you on the
discovery of the Palladian route into imagined harmony in the historic
town centre of Vicenza and invite you to discover the “route of the villas”
with the help of our guide books and the websites www.palladio2008.
info and www.vicenzae.org.
“… Perciò conoscere Palladio, La
Basilica, la Loggia del Capitanio, la
Rotonda, il teatro Olimpico, il palazzo
Chiericati e gli altri attraverso gli studi
è una conoscenza imperfetta. Bisogna
vederlo a Vicenza. Una piccola Roma,
un’invenzione scenografica…”
e.mail: info@vicenzae.org
www.vicenzae.org – www.vicenzabooking.com
www.palladio2008.info – www.cisapalladio.org
(da Viaggio in Italia, Guido Piovene)
trà Porta S. Croce
trà C. Domini
Andrea Palladio’s works at Vicenza
World heritage
PROVINCIA
DI VICENZA
C.trà S. Rocco
Via Pajello
Via Fra Paolo Sarpi
Caserma
P.S.
C.trà S.M. Nova
ia G. Bonollo
Via A. Volta
C.trà della Misericordia
C.trà P. Nuovo
C.trà Mure Rocchetta
Via Cattaneo
Routes
Into imagined harmony
Palladian
C.trà Busato
VIALE MILANO
C.trà S. Ambrogio
C.trà Porta Nova
Piazzale
Giusti
Corso S. Felice
Via G. Pagliarino
Piazza
Marconi
C.trà S. Bortolo
Corso Antonio Fogazzaro
C.trà Cantarane
Chiesa S. Maria Nuova
C.trà Mure P. Nova
Loggia Valmarana
Palazzo da Schio
S. Lorenzo
Piazza del
Mutilato
C.trà S.Francesco C.trà S.Marco C.trà Pusterla
C.trà Motton
GIARDINI SALVI
Piazzale
De Gasperi
Piazza
Castello
VIALE ROMA
CAMPO
Palazzo Iseppo da Porto
Piazza
S. Lorenzo
Palazzo Thiene
Bonin Longare
Palazzo Capra
Via Gorizia
C.so A. Fogazzaro
C.trà Cordenons
Str. Filippini
Cornoleo
CORSO A. PALLADIO
MARZO
Stazione
FF.SS.
Contrà Riale
PARCO QUERINI
Palazzo
Barbaran da Porto
C.trà Lampertico
VIALE DALMAZIA
Viale Rumor
Cappella Valmarana
Palazzo Da Monte Migliorini
C.trà S.Gaetano
Palazzo Valmarana
Braga Rosa
Palazzo Pojana
Palazzo Thiene
Piazza
Duomo
C.trà Cavour
Cupola e Porta
della Cattedrale
C.trà Proti
C.tra Pasini
Palazzo Porto Breganze
C.trà S.Corona
C.trà del Monte
Piazza dei
VIALE VENEZIA
C.trà Manin
Signori
C.trà Pigafetta
Palazzo Civena Trissino
C.tra Carpagnon
Viale Rodolfi
Viale Eretenio
Piazza
Biade
Ponte S. Paolo
Piazza
Araceli
Casa Cogollo
CORSO PALLADIO
C.trà Gazzolle
Piazza
delle Erbe
Loggia del Capitaniato
SS. Apostoli
Ponte Furo
Ponte S. Libera
Contrà dei Torretti
C.trà S. Faustino
Piazzetta
S. Giuseppe
Piazza
Matteotti
C.trà S. Michele
Porton
Luzzo
Via Ceccarini
C.trà Porta S. Lucia
Piazza
Gualdi
Borgo S. Lucia
Piazza
Ponte XX Settembre
degli Angeli
C.trà Piancoli
Basilica Palladiana
Teatro Olimpico
Palazzo Chiericati
Ponte
S. Michele
Contrà delle Barche
C.trà S. Chiara
Via R. Pasi
S. LUCIA
Via IV Novembre
Contrà S. Pietro
Corso Padova
C.trà S.Tomaso
Borgo Scroffa
S. PIETRO
Casa Garzadori Bortolan
• Piazza dei Signori, 8
Tel. +39 0444 544122
10.00-14.00/14.30-18.30
• Piazza Matteotti, 12
(next to the Olympic Theatre.
Start of route)
Tel. +39 0444 320854
09.00-13.00/14.00-18.00
Information offices
in the historic town centre of Vicenza
Viale A. Giuriolo
VIALE RISORGIMENTO
Viale Dante
Via Muttoni
Via Legione Gallieno
VIALE MARGHERITA
C.trà S. Caterina
Arco delle Scalette
Via Fogolino
Via dello Stadio
Corso Padova
Andrea Palladio’s works in the
historic town centre of Vicenza
Pedestrian area
Teatro Olimpico / Olympic Theatre
Palazzo Chiericati / Palazzo Chiericati
Casa Cogollo / Casa Cogollo
Palazzo da Monte Migliorini /
Palazzo da Monte Migliorini
Cappella Valmarana / Valmarana Chapel
Palazzo Iseppo da Porto /
Palazzo Iseppo da Porto
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto /
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto
Palazzo Thiene / Palazzo Thiene
Basilica Palladiana / Palladian Basilica
Loggia del Capitaniato / Loggia del Capitaniato
Palazzo Pojana / Palazzo Pojana
Palazzo Valmarana Braga Rosa /
Palazzo Valmarana Braga Rosa
Cupola e Porta della Cattedrale /
Dome and Portal of the Cathedral
Palazzo Porto Breganze /
Palazzo Porto Breganze
Palazzo Capra / Palazzo Capra
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare /
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare
Loggia Valmarana / Loggia Valmarana
Outside the pedestrian area
Casa Garzadori Bortolan /
Casa Garzadori Bortolan
Palazzo Civena Trissino / Palazzo Civena Trissino
Arco delle Scalette / Arco delle Scalette
Chiesa di S. Maria Nova /
Church Santa Maria Nova
Palazzo da Schio / Palazzo da Schio

ente Leno di Terragnolo
N
sso
SUBIO
Rif. Papa
an delle
ze m. 1162
IMA
GROSSO
1502
Guardia di
pogrosso
CAMPO
VANTI
1689
go
Illasi
Ossario del
Pasubio
M. PERGO
m. 945
M. BELLOCCA
m. 830
Torrente Tramigna
Rif. Valbona
Rif. Rumor
M. TORARO
m. 1899
Teatro Olimpico (1580)
Tonezza
del Cimone
MONTE
(interior - exterior)
TORMENO
MONTE MAGGIO
m. 1292
m. 1853The Olympic Academy can start the works for the
theatre designed CIMONE by Palladio LA TOROSELLA only in 1580, the year in
COSTON DEI LAGHI
DEI LAGHI m. 1280
m. 1873 which he dies. m. Thus, 1480 he will not be able to see the end
of the works, which will be supervised by his son Silla
P. with the participation of Vincenzo Scamozzi, for the
so della Borcola
m. 1206
scenery and the famous seven streets of Thebes. Ossario
Laghi
di Tonezza
MONTI
FORNI ALTI
m. 2023
Crespadoro
Colognola
ai Colli
P. so Xon
m. 668
Recoaro Mille
CIMA
MARANA
m. 1552
Palazzo MONTE MAIO Chiericati (1550)
(interior - exterior)
This design is new for Palladio’s vision: a town
palace and a suburban villa at the same time. It
Posina
has been completed in mid-seventeenth century
upon the former river harbour of the town.
MONTE PRIAFORÀ
Since 1855 it has been seat of the Vicenza m. Town 1659
Museum.
Casa Cogollo
Rif.
(detta “del Palladio”, Novegno
Malga
1559)
(exterior)
S. Antonio
This house has been believed to be Palladio’s residence
for its modest dimensions as opposed to the monumental
town palaces. Actually, the famous architect
was entrusted with the huge renovation of the façade
of the house Valli belonging to a notary named Cogollo.
del Pasubio
Staro Palazzo da Monte Migliorini (1550-1554)
Valmarana Chapel (1576 c.)
It may have been designed by Palladio in 1576, following
the death of Antonio Valmarana, inside the
crypt of Santa Corona, one of the most interesting
churches from the artistic point of view, where he
himself was buried before his mortal remains (or
what was regarded as his mortal remains) were
transported to the of the temple of fame at the main
cemetery.
Palazzo Iseppo da Porto (1544 c.)
(exterior)
Palladio designed both the town palace and the
villa in P. Molina so S. Caterinat Malo for his friend Iseppo, but
m. 796
neither was finished. The palace had better luck:
Altissimo
Palladio had designed two different entrances
and residences, of which remains the imposing
façade, divided into three parts.
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto (1569-70)
(interior - exterior) S.Pietro
Mussolino
This palace was commissioned MONTE by FALDO the count Montano
Vestenanuova
m. 807
Barbarano. Since 1997 and has been the seat of the International
Centre for Architecture studies (C.I.S.A.),
dedicated to Andrea Palladio, who, of course, designed
it. The solemn façade was built in both the Ionic and the
Nogarole
Corinthian order. The inner rooms and Vicentino the salon are embellished
with important stuccoes.
M. CORPEGANI
m. 639
Chiampo
T. Alpone
S. Giovanni
Ilarione
m. 1499
P. so XOMO
m. 1058
S. Quirico
Palazzo Thiene (1542)
(interior - exterior)
What we can admire today is probably only a
part of the imposing renovation strongly advocated
by the counts Marcantonio and Adriano
Tiene of their 15th-century palace. It seems also
Giulio Romano worked on the design entrusted
to Palladio.
Palladian Basilica (1546 – 1549)
DI VERONA
Palladio’s design of the imposing superstructure made of
a superstructure with a double order of loggias on an already
existing palace won the competition among great
Montecchia
di Crosara
architects such as Serlio, Sanmicheli Roncà and Giulio Romano,
and placed him among the great artists. Goethe wrote
Cazzano about this non-religious building: “It is not possible to Zermeghedo
di Tramigna
describe the impression Palladio’s Basilica leaves.” Gambellara
Loggia del Capitaniato (1565)
(exterior)
This building once was the official building of the
“Capitanio”, a military office for the Venetian Republic,
and is today seat of the town council. Palladio
was entrusted with the renovation of the
already existing medieval Monteforte building 20 years after
d'Alpone
the design for the loggias of the Basilica.
Soave
M. COGOLO
m. 1670
Enna
T. Leogra
Torrente Chiampo
M. NOVEGNO
m. 1552
M. CIMONE
m. 1226
(exterior) CIMA
LA LOCCHETTA
This Fonti residence di
Recoaro Terme
m. 807 of the Da Monte Torrebelvicino family in front
Pievebelvicino
of the Dominican monastery Santa Corona has
been ascribed to Palladio and UNESCO decided Magrè
to put it on the World Heritage List, as well as the
architect’s other works.
M. SPITZ
m. 1108
Rif.
Valdagno
PROVINCIA
MONTE CROCE
DI BOSCO
m. 851
M. CALVARINA
m. 683
P. so Zovo
MONTE
FAEDO
m. 781
Monte di Malo
Cornedo
Vicentino
Brogliano
Montorso
Vicentino
Torrente Astico
COLETTO DI VELO
m. 885
Trissino
Santorso
Montebello
Vicentino
Rotzo
Palazzo Pojana (1561-1566)
Church Santa Maria Nova (1578)
A L T O P I A N O D I A S I A G O
(exterior)
This palace at n. 90/94 was built to join, with an
arch that is still visible, two houses of the client
Vicenzo Pojana. The signed design is preserved
at the London Tresché R.I.B.A. (Royal Institut of British
Architects).
Dome and Portal of The Cathedral
The
MONTE
dome had been designed by Palladio around
SUMMANO Piovene
1565,
m. 1296
almost Rocchette twenty years after the Chiuppano works on
the apsis, whereas the portal at the northern
side, which replaced a Gothic one, Carrè was opened
in 1575, upon request by Paolo Americo, who
commissioned the Villa La Rotonda.
Zanè
Palazzo Porto Breganze (1571)
(exterior)
The works under Palladio’s supervision evidently
came to an end before the completion of the
project. The façade is made of three giant half
columns of the Corinthian order and of two intercolumns
of seven that had been planned.
S. Vito
di Leguzzano
Palazzo Capra
(exterior)
Of this palace, which is today incorporated in a commercial
building, an arch can be seen which is overlooked by
Molina
a pediment on four pilaster strips. It was commissioned
to Palladio by G.A. Capra between 1510 and 1545 and was
heavily altered during the 17th century with the erection
of the Palazzo Piovini, which destroyed the original plant.
Vicentina
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare (1572 c.)
(exterior)
This palace was completed by Vicenzo Scamozzi
around 1593, following the design of Andrea
Palladio, whose authorship has been acknowledged
M.
unanimously
RATTI
by the experts. Today it
m. 392
hosts, among other things, the industrials association
of Vicenza.
Loggia Castelgomberto Valmarana (Giardino Salvi)
This loggia with 6 columns Gambugliano of the Costabissara Doric order,
topped by a triangular pediment, inside the Giardini
Salvi (Salvi gardens), was built following a
design which is very close to Palladio’s style, if
not made by the architect himself. UNESCO decided
to ascribe it to Palladio anyway in 1994.
Casa Garzadori Bortolan
(exterior)
The palace was commissioned to Palladio Creazzo by Giambattista
Garzadori, whose death in 1567 cancelled
the contract. Its ascription Sovizzo to Palladio, acknowledged
also by UNESCO, is upheld by testimonies from
1564, when at least one part had been erected.
Palazzo Civena Trissino (1540)
(exterior)
The palace erected by Palladio has become part
of the Eretenia hospital after huge extension
works in 1801. The palace was rebuilt after the
Second World War, after having been heavily
Torrente Guà
bombed.
Torrente Astico
Torrente Assa
Conca
Marano
Vicentino
T. Onte
Isola
Caltrano
Arco delle Scalette (1595)
This arch has been built 15 years after Palladio’s
death by the Venetian captain Giacomo Bragadino.
Palladio probably had conceived it as access
point to the Monte Meledo Berico sanctuary, before the
di Sarego
porticoes were built in mid-eighteenth century
by Muttoni.
Monticello
di Fara
MONTE
BELMONTE
m. 1207
S. Tomio
Torrente Valdiezza
T. Rostone
Grancona
Canove
di Roana
T. Leogretta
Monteviale
Altavilla
Vicentina
Brendola
MONTE
KABERLABA
m. 1221
M. TORLE
m. 1251
Rif. Monte
Cengio
M. CERAMELLA M. LINTICHE
MONTE
m. 1342 m. 1379
CENGIO Palazzo Valmarana Braga Rosa (1565)
m. 1354
(interior Rif. - exterior) al Granatiere
CIMA DI FONTE
M. PAÙ Rif. Alpino
m. 1516
m. 1420
Giovanni Alvise Valmarana was, together with
Trissino and Chiericati, one of Palladio’s
MONTE
biggest
FORAORO
supporters. For him, the architect designed
m. 1508
this
Velo d'Asticoextraordinary façade where the Giant order encloses
the whole height Cogollof the palace.
del Cengio
M. FAEO
Calvene
Sarcedo
Palazzo da Schio (1560)
(exterior)
Palladio designed the façade of this palace for
Bernardo da Schio, but Conco was often absent from
the supervision of the works, since he was busy
with other building sites in Venice. The stonecutter,
who had no Lusiana instructions, even interrupted
the works which were finished in 1574-75.
Salcedo
Lugo
di Vicenza
Molvena
Fara
Zugliano Palladio’s Villas in town
Vicentino
Pianezze
Villaverla
Zovencedo
M. RAITERTAL
m. 1403
Rif. Granezza
Rif. Verdefonte
T. Timonchio
Torrente Igna
Caldogno
Arcugnano
M. MOTTOLONE
m. 400
MONTE
SPRUNCH
m. 1300
MONTE
CIMONE
m. 1378
Rif. Monte Corno
Dueville
Villa Gazzotti Grimani Curti (1542)
(exterior)
The design was entrusted to Palladio by Taddeo
Gazzotti who, however, had to sell it during its
construction to the Venetian patrician Girolamo
Grimani for financial reasons.
The façade is made of eight Ionic pilasters with
three central intercolumns which are topped by
Montecchio
Precalcino
Vivaro
a triangular pediment.
Mason
Vicentino
Valstagna
(exterior)
M. ECHAR
There is m.1366 no expertise as Palladio’s authorship of this
church is concerned, but it is still universally ascribed
to him. The church has a single room, where presently
bequests from the library Biblioteca GNA NUOVA
Rif. Fontanella
M.
m. 1327 Bertoliana are
preserved, and which was built upon request by Lodovico
MONTE
MONTE
Trento for MONTE the monastery of the Augustinian nuns.
GUSELLA
MALCREBA
BERTIAGA
m. 1388
m. 1280
m. 1356
Bressanvi
Villa Trissino Trettenero (1534)
(exterior)
This villa was not designed by Palladio, but everyone
considers it the place where his legend
was born, and this is sufficient for UNESCO to
add it to the World Heritage List. Tradition has
Vigardolo
it that Palladio worked here as a simple Bolzano stonecutter,
but he was still appreciated by its owner,
Vicentino
the noble man of letters Gian Giorgio Trissino.
Lago di Fimon
T. Astico
Mossano
m. 1314
Villa la Rotonda (1566)
(interior - exterior)
Palladio put this building into the section dedicated
to town palaces in his work “Four Books of
Architecture”, but everyone considers it a temple-villa,
with its perfectly identical 4 façades. It
is the universal icon of Palladian villas and can
boast many imitations around the world, also in
this century.
Villa Trissino Trettenero
M. ALTO
m. 444
Villa Almerico Capra
Valmarana "La Rotonda"
Anconetta
Castegnero
Nanto
Bertesina
Longare
Lisiera
Villa Gazzotti
Marcello Curti
Torri
di Quartesolo
Ancignano
Quinto
Vicentino
Van
Fiume Bac
Mo