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Palladian

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Palladian1
denoting, relating to, or having the neoclassical style of architecture created by Palladio
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Palladian2
1. of or relating to the goddess Pallas Athena
2. Literary wise or learned
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The outside of the building, with its fine Palladian front looking on the canal, was wisely left unaltered.
For some reason it looked a very artificial lake; indeed, the whole scene was like a classical landscape with a touch of Watteau; the Palladian facade of the house pale in the moon, and the same silver touching the very pagan and naked marble nymph in the middle of the pond.
 
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