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Villas of the Veneto - Palladio, his predecessors, his successors
- Studies villas from the beginning of the Renaissance to the end of the 18th century.
- Palladio’s most famous works are included.
- Some time also for a choice selection of delightful little towns.
- Stay in one hotel throughout, in Vicenza.
This tour differs from the shorter Palladian Villas tour in that it ranges more widely historically. While it includes Palladio’s most famous works and some of his lesser-known ones, it also presents the development of the Renaissance villa with examples from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, from vestigially fortified country mansions and Renaissance humanist retreats to Baroque and Neo-Classical elaborations on the theme.
In addition to Vicenza, where the tour is based, there are visits to the historic little towns of Bassano, Castelfranco and Montagnana, the latter two retaining their mediaeval circumvallation. Much of the countryside is delightful, with low wooded hills, varied cultivation and a backdrop of mountains.
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