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PALLADIAN BALUSTRADES: A 16th Century Quiet Revolution in Architecture

Dec 15, 2025

I have a bit of a thing about balusters and balustrades. The ones we are familiar with today came about in the Renaissance and were eagerly adopted by the builders of country houses and other monumental buildings in England. They are part of the ‘neo-classical...

PALLADIAN BALUSTRADES: A 16th Century Quiet Revolution in Architecture

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