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Palladio made plans for the Rialto bridge in Venice but his design was not executed and another project was selected - the one we see now.

Artists have attempted to imagine what the Grand Canal would have looked like, had Palladio's bridge been built:

You may see one such capriccio at the Galleria Nazionale in Parma.

 
 

Palladio's plans for the bridge, though it remained unbuilt in Venice, were repeatedly erected in England as fabrics in numerous gardens, such as Prior Park in Bath :

     

 

The bridge in the garden of Prior Park near Bath is one of those inspired by Palladio's design