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Villa Capra, Rotunda, Vincenza Italy…

La-Rotunda

M9 f13 1/350s Voigtlander 35mm f1.4

I have wanted to see this building since being a student, the history of architecture standard text was Nikolaus Pevsner ‘s An Outline of European Architecture. I remember it was not a light read but the one thing I have always remembered from it was that this building was the template for most of the classically inspired buildings that were built in England from 156o onward. Last year I got the chance to see it and the light was perfect….

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