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Villa Repeta is a patrician villa in
The villa which Palladio built for Mario Repeta – or at least the initial results of his building campaign – was destroyed by fire at an unspecified date, sometime between 1640 and 1672, when it was replaced by the existing new edifice. Therefore, Palladio’s Villa Repeta, designed around 1557, can only be reconstructed on the basis of the plate in the '' I quattro libri dell'architettura'', although recent studies have raised serious doubts that the engraving can effectively correspond to the project. Rather they suggest that this plate represents Palladio’s usual, a posteriori, theoretical, re-elaboration of an idea, which was in reality compromised by major pre-existing features.
Villa Repeta in CISA website
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Villa Repeta is a patrician villa in Campiglia dei Berici
Campiglia dei Berici is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is west of SP247 provincial road. It originated in the Middle Ages around a castle, destroyed in the 1310s. Sights include a parish church (13th century, rebuilt in 1679) ...
, province of Vicenza
The province of Vicenza (; ) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.
The province has an area of 2,722.53 km2, and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 113 ''comuni'' (municipalities) in th ...
, northern Italy. It was built in 1672, substituting a pre-existing villa designed by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( , ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be on ...
about 1557 and destroyed by a fire.
History
The villa which Palladio built for Mario Repeta – or at least the initial results of his building campaign – was destroyed by fire at an unspecified date, sometime between 1640 and 1672, when it was replaced by the existing new edifice. Therefore, Palladio’s Villa Repeta, designed around 1557, can only be reconstructed on the basis of the plate in the '' I quattro libri dell'architettura'', although recent studies have raised serious doubts that the engraving can effectively correspond to the project. Rather they suggest that this plate represents Palladio’s usual, a posteriori, theoretical, re-elaboration of an idea, which was in reality compromised by major pre-existing features.
Architecture
In any case, the project remains extraordinary among Palladio’s output: the structure has a continuous,Doric order
The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of t ...
, portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...
of only one storey
A storey (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the wor ...
, which develops entirely horizontally around a rectangular courtyard
A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky.
Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary a ...
. The only vertical elements are the two dovecote
A dovecote or dovecot , doocot (Scots Language, Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house Domestic pigeon, pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or b ...
s at the corners of the complex.
Without the usual hierarchical dialogue between a dominant manorial house and agricultural annexes, the design of the villa might represent the product of a precise initiative on the part of the patrons and reflect the heterodox and egalitarian ideas of the Repeta family (Mario Repeta was denounced to the Holy Office
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church. The Dicastery is the oldest among the departments of the Roman Curia. Its seat is the Palace o ...
in 1569), restless protagonists in the public life of Vicenza during the 16th century.
The actual villa was built 1672 by Enea and Scipione Repeta.
See also
*Palladian Villas of the Veneto
The Palladian villas of the Veneto are villas designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, all of whose buildings were erected in the Veneto, the mainland region of north-eastern Italy then under the political control of the Venetian Rep ...
*Palladian architecture
Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). What is today recognised as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts of symmetry, perspective and ...
External links
Villa Repeta in CISA website
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