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Villa Thiene is a sixteenth-century villa at Quinto Vicentino. The villa takes its name from the Thiene family who commissioned it (as well as a palazzo, also by Palladio). The villa as it stands today was only partly designed by Palladio.

Architectural Details

For Villa Thiene, Palladio appears to have adapted a design by Giulio Romano^[1].

A version of the villa is illustrated in I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, Palladio's landmark publication of 1570. The plan shows an imposing courtyard which was never completed. The present main facade of the Villa Thiene acquired its current appearance in the 19th century. At that time, the great portal in the centre of the facade was broken into the stone-work. This facade was probably not originally intended for the mansion, but for one of the villa's agricultural wings.

The garden facade of Villa Thiene can be attributed to Francesco Muttoni. Both the thermal window in the concluding gable and portals in the centre part are displeasing. These elements cannot be reconciled with Palladio's formal idiom.^[2] Since 1996, the villa has been conserved as part of a World Heritage Site, the "City of Vencenza and the Palladian Villas of teh Veneto". The villa's external brickwork has been stripped of the stucco which would have originally covered it. There are also many holes punctured into the villa's exterior, done during war time, to extract needed metal used within the villa's construction.

References

^ "International Centre for the Study of the Architecture of Andrea Palladio". Retrieved 2008-04-12.
^ Wundram, Manfred, Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque (Taschen, Koln) 1993 ISBN 3-8228-0271-9 p.40

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[CIS-1] "International Centre for the Study of the Architecture of Andrea Palladio". Retrieved 2008-04-12.

[2] Wundram, Manfred, Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque (Taschen, Koln) 1993 ISBN 3-8228-0271-9 p.40

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 A version of the villa is illustrated in ''[[I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura]]'', Palladio's landmark publication of 1570.
-The plan shows an imposing courtyard which was never completed. The present main face of the Villa Thiene acquired its current appearance in the 19th century. At that time, the great portal in the centre of the facade was broken into the stone-work. This facade was probably not originally intended for the the mansion, but for one of the villa's agricultural wings.
+The plan shows an imposing courtyard which was never completed. The present main [[facade]] of the Villa Thiene acquired its current appearance in the 19th century. At that time, the great portal in the centre of the facade was broken into the stone-work. This facade was probably not originally intended for the mansion, but for one of the villa's agricultural wings.
-The garden [[facade]] of Villa Thiene can be attributed to [[Francesco Muttoni]]. Both the thermal window in the concluding gable and portals in the centre part are displeasing. These elements cannot be reconciled with Palladio's formal idiom.<ref> Wundram, Manfred, Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque (Taschen, Koln) 1993 ISBN 3-8228-0271-9 p.40</ref>  Since 1996, the villa has been conserved as part of a [[World Heritage Site]], the "City of Vencenza and the [[Palladian Villas of teh Veneto]]". The villa's external brickwork has been stripped of the stucco which would have originally covered it. There are also many holes punctured into the villa's exterior, done during war time, to extract needed metal used within the villa's construction.
+The garden facade of Villa Thiene can be attributed to [[Francesco Muttoni]]. Both the thermal window in the concluding gable and portals in the centre part are displeasing. These elements cannot be reconciled with Palladio's formal idiom.<ref> Wundram, Manfred, Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque (Taschen, Koln) 1993 ISBN 3-8228-0271-9 p.40</ref>  Since 1996, the villa has been conserved as part of a [[World Heritage Site]], the "City of Vencenza and the [[Palladian Villas of teh Veneto]]". The villa's external brickwork has been stripped of the stucco which would have originally covered it. There are also many holes punctured into the villa's exterior, done during war time, to extract needed metal used within the villa's construction.
 [[Image:Villa Thiene Quinto pianta Quattro Libri.jpg|thumb|left|Design by Palladio for the villa (mainly unrealised), from ''[[I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura]]'']]