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Bolzano Vicentino / Italy

Bolzano Vicentino is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, in the northern Italian region of Veneto. It lies east of the A31 highway, with a population of 5,455.The main attraction is Palladio's Villa Valmarana Scagnolari Zen, situated in the frazione Lisiera.

Villa Valmarana (Lisiera)

Bolzano Vicentino / Italy

The Villa Valmarana is a Renaissance villa situated in Lisiera, a locality of Bolzano Vicentino, province of Vicenza, northern Italy. Designed by Andrea Palladio, it was originally built in the 1560s for the Valmarana family.The villa was nearly totally destroyed during World War II, but has been rebuilt. Even before the war damage, the building did not closely resemble the plan which Palladio published in his I quattro libri dell'architettura of 1570, possibly because Gianfrancesco Valmarana, the architect's client, died while his house was being built.