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Palladian temples in parkland where an empire's wealth came home to rest

Entry to the house was originaly through the great north portico to be confronted by the marble hall designed to suggest the open courtyard or atrium of a Roman villa. Twenty fluted alabaster columns
Entry to the house was originaly through the great north portico to be confronted by the marble hall designed to suggest the open courtyard or atrium of a Roman villa. Twenty fluted alabaster columns © Rick Massey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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