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The late Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1518-1580) was a native of Vicenza, as was also his contemporary, Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552-1616). Vicenza is home to several buildings of Palladio . Of notable interest is the summer house called Villa Capra “La Rotonda”, located just outside the downtown area; the public building Basilica Palladiana, centrally located in Vicenza’s Piazza dei Signori, of which Palladio himself said that it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity; and the Teatro Olimpico. Palladio also designed several palazzi for families in the city, most notably the Palazzo Chiericati, home of Vicenza’s museum, and the Palazzo Barbarano. All these buildings date from ca 1560 – 1590.
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