92 — Andrea Palladio 2 — Greatest Villas
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The Pediment and the Secret Garden
The house is got a big classical pediment, very big and grand. There's a theory that this whole bit is a kind of quotation from the temple of fortuna virillus. The people really pick that ot a for me, they don't feel that similar. In that central pavilion, it seems light and gracious,. Even though the pavilions on ither side are almost as big, they're much rougher her. Pladde is a master of light and dark.
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