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La Malcontenta

Posted August 19, 2015. Filed in Italian Villas, Palladian-Style

The Apollonian meets the Dionysian as the classical lines of the villa La Malcontenta rise up among the willows of the river Brenta in the Veneto area of Italy. The façade, which is plastered in powdered marble called marmarino, is famed for its Ionic pronaos, or pillared portico. For several years — since 2001, to […]

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