The Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene, also called a Villa or Castello, is a prominent palace structure in the town center of

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. The castle has two lateral battlement or tower-like corners, with

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ated roof edges. It was completed by 1476 in the late-

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style of land palaces in the

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, including the tall columns and ogival windows on the piano nobile. The initial architect was

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, but the work was completed by

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. The interior is frescoed by

Giovanni Antonio Fasolo Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530–1572) was a late Renaissance Italian painter of the Venetian school, active in Vicenza and surroundings. A native of Mandello del Lario, he appears to have trained in the Venice studio of Paolo Veronese. By 1557, ...

and

Giovanni Battista Zelotti Giovanni Battista Zelotti (; 1526 – 28 August 1578) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, active in Venice and her mainland territories. He appears to have been born in Verona, then part of the Venetian mainland, and trained with ...

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City site

Gallery of Frescoed Interiors

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