The Town hall in Vicenza, Basilica Palladiana

The Town hall in Vicenza, Basilica Palladiana 

The Town hall in Vicenza, Basilica Palladiana is located in Vicenza, Italy and was constructed in the 15^th Century. The building is for the public and faces the Piazza dei Signori which houses a number of shops on the ground floor. The building has a copper roof and is completed with the Torre Di Piazza bell tower. The tower is 270 feet (82 m) tall with a square base of 23 feet (7m) wide. Again facing the Piazz dei Signori on the bell tower there is an embedded a sculpture of Madonna with Child and the Saint Stephen and Vincent, with a model of the town.  

madonna and child

At the beginning of the 16^th century the building was going through a rough period where the double order of porticoes (order of columns) and loggias was not completed and collapsed. The city decided to fix the building by call many architects to fix the problem of its reconstruction. At the end the project was given to the young architect Andrea Palladio. Andrea Palladio redesigned the building by adding loggias with serliana openings with white marble so keep that Gothic style touch to it. The reconstruction of the building was called Basilica, which gave it the name it has today, Palladio was inspired by the model of Roman Basilica used.

[1] Placzek, Adolf K., and Andrea Palladio. Andrea Palladio: The Four Books of Architecture. New York: Dover, 1965. Print.