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Villa Capra "La Rotonda" by Andrea Palladio

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Palladio is famous for his Rotunda.  Thomas Jefferson was so impressed that he used the ideas of Palladio at Monticello.

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Villa Capra "La Rotonda"

Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The proper name is Villa Almerico Capra, but it is also known as La Rotonda, Villa Rotonda, Villa Capra and Villa Almerico. The name "Capra" derives from the Capra brothers, who completed the building after it was ceded to them in 1592. Along with other works by Palladio, the building is conserved as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".

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