VicenzaSights

Museum sights in Vicenza

  1. Palazzo Barbaran

    North of Corso Palladio, three Palladian beauties line Contrà Porti. The finest is the newly restored Palazzo Barbaran, built by Palladio c 1569–70 with a stately double row of columns on the facade and a delightful double-height courtyard loggia that seems to usher in the sunlight. Frothy stuccowork and Giambattista Zelotti’s frescoes of gambolling gods lift the roof right off spacious ground-floor galleries. If you use the bathroom under the stairs, take a moment to contemplate through the bathroom window Palladio’s clever use of cross-vaulting.

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  2. Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza

    The Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza is dedicated to Italian reunification and the Resistance in the latter stages of WWII. It's located southeast of the train station.

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  3. Museo Naturalistico e Archeologico

    The Museo Naturalistico e Archeologico has a modest collection of local ancient artefacts.

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