The design is for a completely symmetrical building having a square plan with four facades, each of which has a projecting portico. ![]() Palladio classed the building as a "palazzo" rather than a villa. This sophisticated building was designed for a site which was, in modern terminology, "suburban". ![]() Unlike some other Palladian villas of the Veneto, the building was not designed from the start to accommodate a working farm. The site selected was a hilltop just outside the city of Vicenza. Along with other works by Palladio, the building is conserved as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". The name Capra derives from the Capra brothers, who completed the building after it was ceded to them in 1592. The villa’s correct name is Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, but it is also known as "La Rotonda", "Villa Rotonda", "Villa Capra", and "Villa Almerico Capra". Villa La Rotonda is a Neoclassical villa just outside Vicenza in northern Italy designed by Andrea Palladio. ![]() Andrea Palladio - Villa Almerico Capra known as La Rotonda, Vicenza (Italy), 1566
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