July 14th: my salvation
July 14th, three years ago, I found someone who was interested in me and in these first 1000 days offered me a brand new start in my life.
July 14th, three years ago, I found someone who was interested in me and in these first 1000 days offered me a brand new start in my life.
In 1927, G. K. LOUKOMSKI published “Andrea #Palladio sa vie, son oeuvre”, a wonderful work that includes illustrations of the great Architect’s masterpieces, including an image that portrays me before they sold the decorations of my south façade. I …
Drone shots taken between February 2018 and May 2020 flying over the site of Villa Forni Cerato, before the conservation restoration works that will reopen the UNESCO World Heritage Site to the public.The Villa Forni Cerato Foundation thanks the …
The bust of my commissioner #GirolamoForni attributed to #AlessandroVittoria, has been the subject of a scientific investigation aimed at knowing the original building materials of the masterpiece. Among the results that emerged, an oddity regards the clasp that ties …
A wonderful description of one of the portraits of my client #GirolamoForni, the Portrait of Isabella Valmarana, preserved in Musei Civici Vicenza and created by Ardea association for museum education.Congratulations for the video and the description of the details …
My structure has inspired architects all over the world, as in Goblusk House, in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, where the reference is obvious. A tribute to Palladian architecture which has a perpetual and international character.#villafornicerato#imitazioni#andreapalladio#palladianism
At the time of his own will, my commissioner Girolamo Forni attributed one of his busts to cardinal Pietro Bembo, “Alessandro Vittoria’s masterpiece, a friend of him”. Unfortunately, it is not known where the bust is today.#villafornicerato#pietrobembo#girolamoforni
For a few decades I housed a small domestic oratory inside, built by Count Carlo Barbieri, owner of the building. In 1803 the Episcopal Curia invited the parish priest Don Carlo Piva to come and check the site to …
When #GirolamoForni died (1610) , there were two dovecotes ( so called “Colombare”) inventoried among the real estate. Documents says the east tower (today without roof and in ruins) which denounces Gothic characters, has been mentioned in the estimates …
I have always represented an inspirational model for many architects. One of these was #BartolomeoMalacarne, who built Villa Lorenzoni in Montecchio Maggiore in 1814, although bearing the neoclassical styles in use at the time.