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91 — Andrea Palladio 1 — The Most Imitated Architect in History

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Are You Getting a Villa in Campania?

There's a typology around here that they call the barchesa or barcessa. This is like a combination of agricultural buildings and this arcading to create the kind of shaded space for working. In the particular case of this house, i am not sure that that bottom space is actually used for agricultural purposes. I think that it may actually just be more apartments.

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