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VILLA ROTUNDA
RENAISSANCE VILLA, JUST OUTSIDE VICENZA, DESIGNED BY
ANDREA PALLADIO ,COMPLETED BY CAPRA BROTHERS
CONSERVED AS WORLD HERITAGE SITE
INSPIRED BY THE PANTHEON IN ROME
LOCATED ON A HILL TOP
SOPHISTICATED BUILDING WAS DESIGNED FOR A
SUBURBAN CONTEXT
MORE OF A PALAZZO THAN A VILLA
HUMANIST BUILDING
IN ORDER FOR EACH ROOM TO HAVE SOME SUN, THE
DESIGN WAS ROTATED TO 45 DEGREES FROM EACH
CARDINAL POINT OF THE COMPASS
EACH OF THE FOUR PORTICOS HAS PEDIMENTS GRACED BY
STATUES OF CLASSICAL DEITIES
THE PEDIMENTS WERE SUPPORTED BY SIX IONIC COLUMNS
EACH PORTICO FLANKED BY A SINGLE WINDOW
ALL PRINCIPAL ROOMS WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR
PIANO NOBILE
ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS
THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOWER DOME WITH AN
OCULUS(INSPIRED BY PANTHEON IN ROME) , AND
COMPLETED WITH A CUPOLA, WHICH WAS INITIALLY TO BE
A HIGH SEMICIRCULAR DOME
IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH LANDSCAPE, CERTAIN
DEVIATIONS IN SPITE OF IT`S SYMMETRY ALLOWED TO SUIT
SURROUNDINGS
VARIATIONS IN FAÇADE, IN WIDTH OF STEPS, RETAINING
WALLS