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May 2022
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94 — Andrea Palladio 4 — Civic Buildings

Luke Jones & George Gingell Discuss Architecture, History And Culture
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Some of Andrea Palladio's most powerful and enduring work was carried out for his home city of Vicenza. We discuss some of his civic projects, and his extraordinary unrealised design for the Rialto Bridge in Venice

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Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.

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