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Exploring Vicenza the entrance hall. Among the
Gothic altarpieces from churches
Vicenza, the great Palladian city and one of the wealthiest in Vicenza is Hans Memling’s
cities in the Veneto, is celebrated the world over for its Crucifixion (1468–70), the central
splendid and varied architecture. It also offers the visitor a panel from a triptych whose
dazzling array of elegant shops and cafés to visit. side panels are now in
New York.
Other rooms contain works
by the local artist Bartolomeo
Montagna (c.1450–1523).
R Santa Corona
Contrà Santa Corona. Tel 0444 22 28
11. Open Tue–Sun. &
This Gothic church was built in
1261 to house a thorn donated
by Louis IX of France, and said to
be from Christ’s Crown of Thorns.
The Cappella Porto houses the
Brusazorzi’s ceiling fresco in the large entrance hall of the Museo Civico tomb of Luigi da Porto, author of
Giulietta e Romeo, on which
E Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati (see p84), which Shakespeare based his famous
Piazza Matteotti 37–39. Tel 0444 22 was built by Palladio. Inside is a play. Notable paintings include
28 11. Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sun. fresco by Domenico Bru sazorzi of Giovanni Bellini’s Baptism of Christ
& 7 ∑ museicivicivicenza.it a naked charioteer, representing (c.1500) and the Adoration of the
This museum is housed in the Sun, who seems to fly over Magi (1573) by Paolo Veronese.

P Teatro Olimpico
Piazza Matteotti 11. Tel 0444 22 28 00. Odeon Frescoes
Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sun (last entry: 4:30pm). The gods of Mount
Closed during performances, 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & Olympus, after
7 = ∑ olimpicovicenza.it which the theatre
Europe’s oldest surviving indoor theatre is named, decorate
is a remarkable structure, largely made of the Odeon, a
wood and plaster, and painted to look like room used for
marble. Palladio began work on the design music recitals.
in 1579, but he died the year after. His pupil
Vincenzo Scamozzi took over the project,
completing the theatre in time for its
opening perfor mance of Sophocles’ tragic
drama Oedipus Rex on 3 March 1585.
The Anteodeon contains Main ticket
frescoes depicting the office
theatre’s opening perfor­
mance and oil lamps from
the original stage set.

Stage Set
Scamozzi’s scenery
represents the Greek city
of Thebes. The streets The Auditorium was designed
are cleverly painted in by Palladio to resemble outdoor theatres of
perspective and rise at a ancient Greece and Rome, such as the Arena at
steep angle to give the Verona (see p147), with a semicircle of stone
illusion of great length. benches and a painted ceiling depicting the sky.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp562–5 and pp580–84

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