Since 1973 the models of Palladian works - manufactured on scale 1:33 - testify the genius of Palladio in the centres of the most prestigious scientific and exhibiting institutions of the world, with a steady success among the public and critics.
The exhibition of wooden models in Palazzo Barbaran da Porto wants to be a first and due tribute to Palladio and an informative reference centre for Palladian tourists that will come to Vicenza in the Palladian year.
At the end of the great exhibitions of the 500th anniversary the models and all the material manufactured for the exhibition will be steadily displayed at the noble floor of Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in a "permanent Palladian exhibition".