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Vicenza

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vicenza , city (1991 pop. 107,454), capital of Vicenza prov., Venetia, NE Italy. It is an agricultural, commercial, and highly diversified industrial center. Manufactures include machinery, chemicals, timber, and processed food. Originally a Roman town, later the seat of a Lombard duchy, Vicenza became a free commune and joined (12th cent.) the Lombard League. It was stormed by Emperor Frederick II in 1236 and later fell to various powers (including Verona and Milan) before being annexed (1404) by Venice. Andrea Palladio (1508-80) made Vicenza famous for his interpretation of classical architecture.... Read more
Andrea Palladio
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... architect of the Renaissance. He studied in Vicenza, and later in Rome he examined the remains ... palaces and villas, were executed mostly in Vicenza and its vicinity. Usually they were made ... the medieval town hall, the basilica at Vicenza. He designed arches supported on minor ... Read more
Bartolomeo Montagna
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... important representative of the school of Vicenza, where he settled in 1480. His works ... altarpiece painted for San Michele at Vicenza (Milan); Ecce Homo (Louvre); Madonna and ... Bibliography: See T. Borenius, The Painters of Vicenza (1909); J. A. Crowe, History of Painting ... Read more

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