Casa Cogollo

also known as Palladio's home

This little palazzo, which is traditionally claimed to be Palladio's house, but where the architect actually never lived, is attributed to Palladio himself, who designed it between 1560 and 1570 for the notary Pietro Cogollo.
The facade covers three floors: the lowest has a Serlian window, Ionic order columns and two Victories on each side of the arch. The "piano nobile" has two windows and two Corinthian pilasters. The central surface, like that of the attic, was once decorated with frescoes by Gian Antonio Fasolo. On the subject of the tripartite structure of the facade, Remo Schiavo invites us to "notice how the floors gradually impose themselves: the ground floor where the arch with the two apertures is an ideal Serlian and is strong and vibrant, the "piano nobile" lighter, and the upper part lightest of all".
UNESCO Monument

Source: taken from "Vicenza, City of Palladio", Vicenza City Council, Cultural and Tourist Council Department

Address: corso Palladio, 167