ART AND ARCHTECTURE
The Villa Almerico Capra, designed by the architect Andrea Palladio, is popularly known as the Villa La Rotonda. The structure is well known and is now recognized as a UNESCO historical site.1 Palladio has been described as “the world’s most imitated architect” by the architectural historian, James Ackerman.2 Thomas Jefferson was inspired by the Villa Americo when he designed the rotonda at his home in Monticello.3 Art and architecture meet in the most beautifully designed villa in the world Villa Americo Capra. A rotunda most simply defined is a circular room topped by a dome but the Villa La Rotonda ...
