Who Designed Villa Rotonda?

Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza in northern Italy designed by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The villa’s correct name is Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, but it is also known as "La Rotonda", "Villa Rotonda", "Villa Capra", and "Villa Almerico Capra".

What was the Villa Rotonda used for?

Completed in 1592, la Villa Capra “La Rotonda” was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1567. Commissioned by Paolo Almerico, he asked the architect to create a place for his recreation, a building that combined the housing needs with duties, a place where he could spend his last years between lethargy and 'holy agriculture.

Who designed Villa Rotonda and Teatro Olimpico?

Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy; designed by Andrea Palladio and completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1585. When Palladio died he left a considerable number of unfinished buildings, including the Basilica in Vicenza, the two Venetian churches, the Villa Rotonda, and the Teatro Olimpico.

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