Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately 60 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan. As of 2007, Vicenza had an estimated population of 119,038. [1] Vicenza is the third largest Italian industrial city by export.
In 1994 UNESCO inscribed "Vicenza, City of Palladio" on its list of World Heritage Sites. In 1996 the site was expanded to include the Palladian villas outside the core area, and accordingly renamed "City of Palladio and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".

Vicenza is home to twenty-three buildings designed by Palladio. The famous ones include:
* The Villa Capra (also known as "La Rotonda"), located just outside the downtown area;
* The Basilica Palladiana, centrally located in Vicenza's Piazza dei Signori, of which Palladio himself said that it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity;
* The Teatro Olimpico, designed for the Accademia degli Olimpici. Construction had started on this project when Palladio died in 1580. The scenes are by Vincenzo Scamozzi;
* Palazzo Chiericati, home of Vicenza's museum;
* Palazzo Barbaran Da Porto;
* Palazzo Da Porto Breganze;
* Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello;
* Palazzo Thiene;