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1508 – 1580Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)Died 19 August 1580, aged 71Andrea Palladio was an Italian architect whose classically inspired villas, palaces, and churches around Vicenza and Venice defined what became known as Palladian architecture. His treatise on architecture spread his influence across Europe and later to Britain and colonial America, shaping public building design for centuries.