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Montagnana
- The Palaces
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a wreath they embrace the square, jewels of Quattrocento architecture.
Some others adorn the streets of the town. Like the Cathedral, they are
evidence of the prosperity period which followed the Venetian conquest
of 1405.
emarkable
is Lombardesco (or Magnavin) Palace, in Venetian Gothic
style and its magnificent window.
Here lived Gattamelata, the famous Venetian leader, and it is
thought that here his wife lived until her death.
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illa
pisani was built outside the walls in front of the Castle by
Andrea Palladio in 1553. It is a compact building, and
it shows in its frontal facade a double order of columns and a fronton
with the Pisani coat-of-arms.On both sides of it, two winged figures
representing Fame.
Inside there is one of the most graceful of Palladian halls, which are always the heart of the Venetian Villas of the period. Four stucco statues by Vittoria, representing the Four Seasons, adorn it.
Villa Pisani
