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Palazzo Barbò
Built in 1837 to a design by architect Carlo Visioli, the building was commissioned by the noblewoman Marietta Barbò, who had part of the previous family residence incorporated into the new structure.
The neoclassical, tripartite façade is distinguished by the light rustication on the ground floor, the Corinthian half-columns on the main floor and the attic set on the entablature.
In the internal courtyard, a large Doric marble colonnade, which surrounds it on three sides, was entirely decorated by Giovanni Motta with illusionistic perspectives. The same decorative motif is also repeated in the passageway leading to the garden.