Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Museums

The last work and well-known masterpiece by Andrea Palladio was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman theatres. Commissioned by the Accademia Olimpica in 1579, it remained unfinished at the death of the Architect in 1580, was completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi with the famous perspective scenes representing the streets of Thebes and inaugurated in 1585 with the Aedipus by Sophocles.