Andrea Palladio (1508-1580 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect most famous for the villas he designed in and around Vicenza and two large churches in Venice. Palladio blended elements of classical architecture, particularly the orders, to create harmonious buildings and was so successful that he became the foremost architect in northern Italy. He also wrote a hugely influential work on architecture, Four Books of Architecture. His ideas, both in stone and on paper, proved influential on architects as far afield as Tudor England and even the Americas.
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1508 - 1580Life of the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.
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30 Nov 1508The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio is born in Padua, Italy.
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1546The Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designs the new facade for the town hall of Vicenza (the Basilica Palladiana).
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c. 1550The Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designs the Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza.
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c. 1551The Villa Valmarana, aka ‘La Rotonda’, near Vicenza and designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
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1556The Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio provides a series of illustrations for a new edition of Vitruvius’ 'On Architecture'.
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1565The Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designs the San Giorgio Maggiore church in Venice.
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1570The Four Books of Architecture by Andrea Palladio is published.
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1576The Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designs the church now commonly known as Il Redentore in Venice.
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c. 1580The Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, is completed according to a design by Andrea Palladio.
