The Teatro Olimpico was designed for the Vicenza
Accademia Olimpica to stage theatrical
performances. Modeled by Palladio after both his studies of
several ancient theaters and his own illustrations of classical
theater design, made for Daniele Barbaro's translation of Vitruvius,
this is a lone surviving Renaissance theater.
Inside an exterior brick box, the elaborate wooden theater
interior is a half circle of steep tiers of seats (wood covered
benches) facing a rectangular proscenium stage. A wooden colonnade
with cornice and figures above circles the top of the seats.
The ceiling plane is undifferentiated and was later painted
blue, suggesting an open sky above the theater.
The walls and ceiling of the proscenium are elaborately articulated
with architectural details and statues, made of wood and plaster.
A central arched opening dominates the back wall, flanked by
two smaller doorways. Through these openings, elaborate stage
sets of streets angle backstage, a triad through the central
opening and single streets through each side. These sets, designed
later by Scamozzi, use techniques of tilting the floors and
contracting the angle between the street walls and the heights
of their building facades to make foreshortened streets in perspective.
Popular attraction.
San Michele Bridge
Ponte San Michele.
Built between 1621 and 1623 it is constructed with a
single arch. Just beyond the bridge is an area called
"Le Barche" (The Boats) which once served
as the port of Vicenza when sea-faring vessels sailed
back and forth to Venice with herbs and spices for trade.
Salvi Gardens
Giardini Salvi
Piazzale De Gasperi, Vicenza
This
elegant feature of the Giardino Salvi consists of
five arches, which sink their piers into the waters
of the Seriola, and six classical Tuscan columns surmounted
by a tympanum. It was probably built at the end of
the Cinquecento commissioned by Leonardo Valmarana.
Sant Agostino Abbey
Abbazia Sant Agostino
Viale S. Agostino Vicenza
The
presbytery of the Abbey is dominated by the "Polittico"
(polyptych) on the altar commissioned from Battista
de Vicenza, by Ludovico Chierocati in 1404, to celebrate
the dedication of Vicenza to Venice. The whole ceiling
of the Presbytery is frescoed. Leaving the church
you can see, on the right, a rebuilt part of the Cloister
and convent. The bell tower tooks a little squat as
it has no top.
Basilica dei SS. Felice and Fortunato
Basilica dei SS. Felice and Fortunato
Corso dei S.S. Felice e Fortunato Vicenza
The
Basilica of SS. Felice and Fortunato is one of the
most important examples of Paleo-Christian art in
Northern Italy. It was originally built around 300,
on a pagan burial ground, to hold the relics of two
Saints Vicenza Felice and Fortunato, who had been
martyred around 303. Originally rectangular, the church
was doubled in size and divided into three naves around
the end of the last century.
Torrione del Tormento
Torrione del Tormento
Piazza Erbe Vicenza
Torrione
del Tormento is situated on Piazza Erbe, in fact,
it stands adjacent to rear side of the Basilica Palladiana.
It is one of the few examples of medioeval Vicenza.
In order to support the15th century unstable Gothic
building inside Basilica, but also to include the
Domus comestabilis in it, Palladio made plans to connect
it with Torrione del Tormento.
performances. Modeled by Palladio after both his studies of
several ancient theaters and his own illustrations of classical
theater design, made for Daniele Barbaro's translation of Vitruvius,
this is a lone surviving Renaissance theater. 
Built between 1621 and 1623 it is constructed with a
single arch. Just beyond the bridge is an area called
"Le Barche" (The Boats) which once served
as the port of Vicenza when sea-faring vessels sailed
back and forth to Venice with herbs and spices for trade.
This
elegant feature of the Giardino Salvi consists of
five arches, which sink their piers into the waters
of the Seriola, and six classical Tuscan columns surmounted
by a tympanum. It was probably built at the end of
the Cinquecento commissioned by Leonardo Valmarana.
The
presbytery of the Abbey is dominated by the "Polittico"
(polyptych) on the altar commissioned from Battista
de Vicenza, by Ludovico Chierocati in 1404, to celebrate
the dedication of Vicenza to Venice. The whole ceiling
of the Presbytery is frescoed. Leaving the church
you can see, on the right, a rebuilt part of the Cloister
and convent. The bell tower tooks a little squat as
it has no top. 
The
Basilica of SS. Felice and Fortunato is one of the
most important examples of Paleo-Christian art in
Northern Italy. It was originally built around 300,
on a pagan burial ground, to hold the relics of two
Saints Vicenza Felice and Fortunato, who had been
martyred around 303. Originally rectangular, the church
was doubled in size and divided into three naves around
the end of the last century. 
Torrione
del Tormento is situated on Piazza Erbe, in fact,
it stands adjacent to rear side of the Basilica Palladiana.
It is one of the few examples of medioeval Vicenza.
In order to support the15th century unstable Gothic
building inside Basilica, but also to include the
Domus comestabilis in it, Palladio made plans to connect
it with Torrione del Tormento.