Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio helped awaken a passion for classical architecture when he designed beautiful, highly symmetrical villas such as La Rotonda shown here.
1400-1600: Renaissance
Classical Ideas Reborn
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Villa Almerico-Capra, also known as Villa La Rotonda, by Andrea Palladio
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