Palazzo Porto Palace built by the project of Andrea Palladio in the village of contra dei Spoil in Vicenza. This is one of two residences, designed by Palladio for family members of Porto (the second is called Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello). Together with other creations of the great architect of this Palace is included in the UNESCO world Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO.

Palazzo Porto was built for the aristocrat Iseppo da Porto. The creation of the project took quite a long period of time, and the building itself was accompanied by numerous problems, and the building remained partially unfinished. It is likely that Iseppo Yes Porto decided to build himself a Palace only to compete with their relatives Adriano and Marcantonio Thiene, who in 1542, the year began the construction of a private Palazzo just a couple of kilometres. It is also likely that the marriage of Porto with Libya Thiene allowed him to hire Andrea Palladio.

Intermarried with the family of Thiene family of Porto became one of the richest and most influential in Vicenza, and the residence of his numerous offspring were scattered throughout contra (district), which today bears their name – contra dei Spoil. Iseppo was a significant figure in the government of Vicenza and held several important posts and by occupation faced Andrea Palladio. Relations between them were probably closer than the relationship between the customer and the contractor, taking into account the fact that 30 years after the completion of the Palazzo Porto, Palladio began the construction of luxury villas in Molina di Malo for the same Iseppo. They both died in 1580, the year.

From 1549, the year of the Palazzo Porto was inhibited despite the fact that only half of its facade was completed (finally it was completed in 1522, the year). From surviving sketches Palladio can be seen that from the outset he intended to build two separate living areas – one along the street, and the second back wall of the patio. Both buildings were connected with a wonderful courtyard with a huge composite columns.

Compared to the Palazzo Civenna, built only a few years earlier, Palazzo Porto illustrates the evolution of a craft Palladio after his trip to Rome in 1541, the year and exploring models of antique and classic architecture. In his creation of Palladio plays Palazzo Caprini the great Bramante taking into account local circumstances and lifestyles adopted in Vicenza (for example, the tradition to live on the ground floor, which is due this was higher than in other cities). But a superb four-columned atrium reminiscent of antique works of Vitruvius. Two rooms to the left of the atrium were painted with frescoes by Paolo Veronese and Domenico Brushsize, and the stucco is made Bartolomeo Ridolfi. On the pediment of the Palace you can see the statue of Iseppo and his son Leonid in Roman Oceania, which to this day watching the visitors to the Palazzo.