| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 Villa Cornaro | |
| Location | Piombino Dese, Province of Venice, Veneto, Italy |
| Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
| Reference | 712bis-023 |
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
| Extensions | 1996 |
| Coordinates | 45°36′14″N 11°59′57″E / 45.60389°N 11.99917°E |
  Location of Villa Cornaro in Veneto  Villa Cornaro (Italy) | |
Villa Cornaro is a patrician villa in Piombino Dese, about 30 km northwest of Venice, Italy. It was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1552 and is illustrated and described by him in Book Two of his 1570 masterwork, I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books on Architecture).[1] Villa Cornaro is an example of one of Palladio's designs whose influence can be seen in later architecture. In efforts on preservation, Villa Cornaro has not always remained in the possession of the state.
- ^ Andrea Palladio, The Four Books on Architecture, translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2002) bk. 2, ISBN 0-262-66133-0.