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24 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

The Venetian villas: unique historic homes in the countryside

The Venetian villas are noble residences built between the fifteenth and nineteenth century, by illustrious architects and artists of the Veneto, for the patriciate of the Republic of Venice, in the countryside of the Po Valley. There are more than five thousand villas....

24 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Three Palladian villas in the Marca Trevigiana, around Treviso

Three Palladian villas as UNESCO Heritage Site, around Treviso, a few tens of kilometers from our workshop: Villa Barbaro, Villa Emo and Villa Zeno. They were designed by the architect Andrea Palladio, built around the middle of the 16th century....

Villa Chiericati in Grumolo delle Abbadesse

23 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Which Palladian villas are World Heritage Site?

Between 1994 and 1996, 24 Palladian villas built and designed by the architect Andrea Palladio became UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are present in almost every province, except in Belluno, most are in Vicenza....

21 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Palladian Villas: splendid architecture in the Venetian countryside

The Palladian villas belong to the large family of Venetian villas and were designed by Palladio in the mid-sixteenth century for local aristocratic families and high-middle-class representatives of the Venetian Republic. ...

Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza - Andrea Palladio work

20 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Palladio: the Renaissance architect known all over the world

Andrea Palladio was the official architect of the Serenissima. His real name was Andrea di Pietro della Gondola. He designed villas and palaces, built especially in Veneto, recognised by the UNESCO as World Heritage....

Venice's history: the foundations in Istrian stone

4 January 2020 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

The Istrian stone marks the history and beauty of Venice

The fortune of Istrian stone is linked to the development of Venice during the Serenissima. Why Venetians fall in love with the Istria stone? The first works in Istrian stone, in Venice, were simple squared blocks of rock, called “conci”. From the XIIIth century it...

Ponte di Rialto in Istrian Stone in Venice

4 January 2020 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

The Istrian stone in Italy: artistic heritage of monuments and sculptures

The Istrian stone has been widely used in Italy, especially in Venice, in the architecture and in structural and artistic works, both for its chromatic and technical qualities. In ancient, medieval and modern times majestic monuments, historic buildings, churches, bridges, canals and wells were built. ...

6 April 2019 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Zanni: an antique mask of the “Commedia dell’Arte”

Zanni was a character of the comic theater of the ancient Rome later became mask of the Commedia dell’Arte, also called Commedia degli Zanni, because the characters were identified with the servants farmers of the Venetian nobles coming from the Venetian-Lombardy countryside where Gianni name...

5 September 2018 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

The Lion of Saint Mark in Venice: symbol of magnificence and power

The Lion of Saint Mark is a winged lion that symbolically represents Saint Mark the Evangelist, patron of Venice. It is a symbol used to give an immediate and unique sign of identity and power. ...

10 August 2018 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Venice adorned by ancient and sibylline stone lions

The Venetians filled the city with the stone lions sculptures. There are various models: whole-body, only the head, some represent San Marco and others are generic. Many of the actual statues are reproductions, unfortunately during the Napoleonic invasion that sanctioned the end of the Serenissima, a...

Traditional Building’s 2019 Palladio Award Winners

Craftsmanship: Beaux-Arts Estate

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