Italy · 16th century
Palazzo Thiene is a 15th-16th-century palace in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed for Marcantonio and Adriano Thiene, probably by Giulio Romano, in 1542, and revised during construction from 1544 by Andrea Palladio.
In 1994, the palace was included in the "Vicenza, city of Palladio" World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 1996, the World Heritage Site was renamed "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto", and it was expanded to include outlying villas (one of which is the Thiene brothers' country home, the Villa Thiene). The palace is used as the historic headquarters of a bank and it also hosts some exhibitions and culture events.
The palazzo was the headquarters of Banca Popolare di Vicenza.
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Palazzo Thiene ranks #3,031 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #235 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded 1542, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,115 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 17,000 visitors in 2022. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vicenza, 1 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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