Palazzo Antonini

palace, Udine, Italy

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Palazzo Antonini is a palace located in Udine, Italy. Designed by the renowned architect Andrea Palladio, it was built around 1556. The palace features a square plan with a central hall supported by four columns. Its facade is characterized by six attached columns, centrally placed on each of the two floors, and is topped with a pediment or a low-pitched gable, a design element Palladio often used in his villas.1

Udine itself is a city in northeastern Italy with a rich history, having been a Roman frontier station and the seat of the patriarchate of Aquileia. It was conquered by the Venetians in 1420 and later united with Italy in 1866. The city's architecture includes a castle, the Palazzo del Comune, and the Loggia del San Giovanni.2

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…in 1556, was in the Palazzo Antonini in Udine, which has a square plan with a central four-column tetrastyle hall and the service quarters asymmetrically to one side. The facade has six columns, which are attached to the wall rather than freestanding and which are centrally placed on each of…
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…in 1556, was in the Palazzo Antonini in Udine, which has a square plan with a central four-column tetrastyle hall and the service quarters asymmetrically to one side. The facade has six columns, which are attached to the wall rather than freestanding and which are centrally placed on each of…
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