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Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotonda, near Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio, 1550–51.
In the Palazzo Iseppo Porto, designed in 1552, Andrea Palladio articulated his clearest reconstruction of an ancient Roman house. While the facade was inspired by the Roman Renaissance palace type—specifically Donato Bramante's House of Raphael—the internal planning was based on his interpretation of ancient Roman style.1
The design featured two tetrastyle halls, each containing four columns, situated on opposite sides of a central court. This court was surrounded by a giant colonnade of Corinthian columns, a layout intended to reflect the architectural principles Palladio derived from his study of Roman antiquities.1