| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 Villa Badoer | |
| Location | Fratta Polesine, province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy |
| Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
| Reference | 712bis-024 |
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
| Extensions | 1996 |
| Coordinates | 45°1′49.27″N 11°38′23.50″E / 45.0303528°N 11.6398611°E |
  Location of Villa Badoer in Veneto  Villa Badoer (Italy) | |
Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556[1] by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563 on the site of a medieval castle, which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the façade of a villa.
Villa Badoer has been part since 1996 of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".[2]
The building is open to the public and one of the wings houses the Museo archeologico nazionale di Fratta Polesine, opened in 2009.[3]
- ^ Archival research by Lionello Puppi resulted in a sound date of 1556 for the commission, putting to rest estimated dates ranging as early as 1548 (Zorzi) and as late as c. 1566 (Wittkower).
- ^ World Heritage Site: Palladian Villas of the Veneto
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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