Photos taken last May at Valsanzibio, a classic Venetan Baroque garden. It was a very hot day and I had walked a long way; the water and shade were glorious. Entering into the garden, my first response was "Wow!" which is exactly the response that the designers were looking for. Built by a very wealthy man, Zuane Francesco Barbarigo, designed by Luigi Bernini, Vatican architect and fountain expert, the garden is an "allegory of man's progress toward his own perfectibility and salvation". It also showed how wealthy Barbarigo was; he could afford to throw large amounts of water around just for pleasure, not for drinking or watering his vegetables.
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