Example sentences for: palladio

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  • Begun by Palladio the year of his death, it was the first covered theater in Europe and is still used today.

  • At the center, Piazza dei Signori is graced by Palladio’s first public work, the Basilica Palladina (1549), not a church at all, but the old Roman concept of a gathering place for the lawcourts and assemby hall of the Gothic Palazzo della Ragione that it encases with a colonnade and loggia.

  • Across the piazza in a little garden, the audacious Teatro Olimpico is Palladio’s last work (completed by his protoge Vincenzo Scamozzi in 1584).

  • If you wonder what to think of it, Palladio’s modest opinion was that it “ranked among the most noble and most beautiful edifices since ancient times, not only for its grandeur and ornaments, but also its materials” (hard white limestone).

  • The 16th-century Rialto Bridge is one of Venice’s architectural icons, designed by ­Antonio da Ponte for a competition entered by Michelangelo, Palladio, and Sansovino — it’s still one of the liveliest spots in town.


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