Palaces in Vicenza
by Andrea PALLADIO

In 1548 Palladio received his first public commission from the town of Vicenza: the reconstruction of the original loggia surrounding the medieval town hall (the loggia of the Palazzo della Ragione, also known as the Basilica. This commission firmly established his reputation in Vicenza.

About 1550, the Palazzo Iseppo Porto (also called Palazzo da Porto Festa) was commissioned by the noble Iseppo da Porto, a patron of Palladio and Veronese. The building had a rather long designing stage and a longer and troublesome realization, partially unfinished. Also begun by Palladio c. 1550 was the Palazzo Chiericati (completed c. 1680), which has motifs echoing villa architecture.

In 1565 Palladio was commissioned by the Valmarana family to design the Palazzo Valmarana (now Palazzo Braga) in Vicenza; it was built in several phases and completed in 1571, although only a part of Palladio's planned project was executed.

Although Palladio settled in Venice in 1570, becoming Jacopo Sansovino's unofficial successor as municipal architect, he continued to build in Vicenza. At the beginning of the 1570s, commissioned by the Venetian government, he built the official seat of the Venetian military, the Loggia del Capitaniato, in the Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza, opposite his earlier Basilica. A tendency towards increasing simplicity is evident in Palladio's design for the Palazzo Barbaran da Porto (1570-75). His design for the Teatro Olimpico (1580) in Vicenza, a reconstruction of ancient theatre types, is a statement of artistic identity inspired by humanism.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Exterior view
1570-75
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Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Vicenza

1049*1500
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160 Kb



Exterior view
1570-75
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Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Vicenza

1425*1900
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252 Kb



Interior view
1570-75
Photo
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Vicenza

1900*1267
True Color
230 Kb



Interior view
1570-75
Photo
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Vicenza

1067*1600
True Color
241 Kb



Exterior view
1549
Photo
Basilica, Vicenza

1100*849
True Color
145 Kb



Exterior view
1549
Photo
Basilica, Vicenza

1072*800
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195 Kb



Exterior view
1549
Photo
Basilica, Vicenza

879*900
True Color
97 Kb



Exterior view
1549
Photo
Basilica, Vicenza

1700*956
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240 Kb



Exterior view
1549
Photo
Basilica, Vicenza

821*900
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85 Kb



Exterior view
1571-72
Photo
Palazzo del Capitaniato, Vicenza

1400*1057
True Color
163 Kb



Exterior view
1571-72
Photo
Palazzo del Capitaniato, Vicenza

900*1403
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192 Kb



Exterior view
1571-72
Photo
Palazzo del Capitaniato, Vicenza

979*1400
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184 Kb



Exterior view
1552
Photo
Palazzo Iseppo Porto, Vicenza

1175*1500
True Color
151 Kb



Exterior view
1552
Photo
Palazzo Iseppo Porto, Vicenza

1400*933
True Color
244 Kb



Exterior view
1552
Photo
Palazzo Iseppo Porto, Vicenza

1200*1800
True Color
249 Kb



Palazzo Iseppo Porto: Plan and section
1552
Engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1200*1121
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242 Kb



Exterior view
begun 1550
Photo
Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

1500*986
True Color
249 Kb



Exterior view
begun 1550
Photo
Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

1241*900
True Color
232 Kb



Exterior view
begun 1550
Photo
Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

1600*1200
True Color
192 Kb



Exterior view
1565-71
Photo
Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza

1133*1700
True Color
248 Kb



Exterior view
1565-71
Photo
Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza

853*960
True Color
213 Kb



Exterior view
1565-71
Photo
Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza

1400*1050
True Color
246 Kb



Interior view
1565-71
Photo
Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza

1275*1700
True Color
235 Kb




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