4.03.2008

Loggia Cornaro, Padua


Created by Giovanni Maria Falconetto (1468-1535) and for Alvise Cornaro in 1524, the Loggia Cornaro also employs antique themes and would set the stage for Palladio and and his interest in antiquity. Located in Padua, featured here are:
- tabernacles
- 5 arcaded bays divided by half columns
- statues alternating with windows on top story
- segmented pediments
- a richly decorated frieze

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