Palazzo Porto

Palazzo Porto is a palace built by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in Contrà Porti, Vicenza, Italy. It is one of two palaces in the city designed by Palladio for members of the Porto family (the other being Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello). Commissioned by the noble Iseppo da Porto, just married (about 1544), this building had a rather long designing stage and a longer and troublesome realization, partially unfinished.

In 1994, UNESCO included the palazzo in a World Heritage Site, the "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".

Text adapted from “Palazzo Porto, Vicenza” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palazzo Porto ranks #2,443 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #212 of the 288 mapped in Italy. Founded 1550, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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