sentences:  This primary façade of the villa is reminiscent of Andrea Palladio's Villa Rotonda or the Villa Foscari (called "La Malcontenta").The solid sides of the portico are pierced by grand arch-headed openings to provide additional cross-draft in summer heat.The villa's other façades are simply treated and harmoniously symmetrical, with central Serlian windows, surmounted by the rectangular "lanterna" formed by the high cubical central "sala" that rises through the center of the roof, lit by tripartite lunette windows on each face.