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Pal⋅la⋅dio

[puh-lah-dee-oh; It. pahl-lah-dyaw]
–noun
An⋅dre⋅a [ahn-dre-ah] , 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
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Pal·la·dio   (pə-lā'dē-ō, pä-lä'dyō)   
Italian architect who developed a style based on the classicism of ancient Rome, breaking with the ornate conventions of the Italian Renaissance. His works include the Villa Rotonda and the Palazzo Chiericati in Venice.
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