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Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; Renaissance villa designed c. 1610 by Giovanni Vasanzio
Villa d'Este: hillside fountain
Villa Farnese at Caprarola, Italy, by Giacomo da Vignola, 1559–73.
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Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio
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Vincenzo Scamozzi
Italian architect

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