Cogollo's House called "Palladio's House"
- Palladian Routes
- Oct 12, 2022
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Updated: Feb 7
My home! Very funny, really. In the eighteenth-century guides for the first English tourists, this house of mine must have been, certainly not a palace, but worthy of the master of the Quattro Libri.
I never bought a house in my Vicenza. It was instead, this house, the notary Cogollo who asked for the citizenship of Vicenza: for this purpose he would have to renovate this facade as a contribution "to the decorum of the city", for no less than 250 ducats. The opportunity of my new invention ..
Cogollo's House is only one of the many reflections of the historical, cultural and artistic heritage that lives and breathes within our Palladian Lands of Beauty.If you wish to truly step inside, here below you’ll find the passage that continues your exploration
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