#Vicenza UNESCO world heritage sites

#Vicenza center

#Chiericati Palace at #Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 37/39
# The harmonious facade is structured on two superimposed orders, with a crowning of statues. The lower floor has a colonnaded portico in Doric order along its entire lenght. The upper floor, in Ionic order, is closed in the central part and has two elegant loggias on the sides.

#Thiene Palace at #Contra San Gaetano Thiene, 11
# Besides the precious palace, the interiors rich in decorations and frescoes make it a wonderfully preserved example of renaissance art, one representative of the highest artistic and architectural tradition of Veneto.

#Loggia del Capitaniato at #Piazza dei Signori, 1
# The overall design is extremely sophisticated, as witnessed for example by the portals which open within the niches and follow their curvature.

#Palladian Basilica on #Piazza Dei Signori
# The most notable feature of the edifice is the loggia, which shows one of the first examples of what have come to be known as the Palladian window, designed by a young Andrea Palladio, whose work in architecture was to have a significant effect on the field during the Renaissance and later periods.

#Cathedral Santa Maria Annunciata at #Piazzetta Duomo
# It is the seat of the Bishop of Vicenza, and is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.

#Porto Palace at #Piazza Castello, 18
# It is one of two palaces in the city designed by Palladio for members of the Porto family (the other being Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello).

#Vicenza surroundings

#Villa Trissino at #Str. Marosticana 6
# It was mainly built in the 16th century and is associated by tradition with the architect Andrea Palladio.

#Villa Gazzotti Grimani at #Via San Cristoforo 23, Bertesina
# For the first time Palladio presents the body of the building as a clearly defined cube.

#Villa Almerico Capra "La Rotonda" at #Via della Rotonda, 45
# This sophisticated building was designed for a site which was, in modern terminology, "suburban". Palladio classed the building as a "palazzo" rather than a villa.