The Teatro Olimpico, Vincenza, Northern Italy.

• constructed in 1580-1585
• oldest and first enclosed theatre in the world.
• final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (not completed until after his death).
• trompe-l’œil onstage scenery was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, to give the appearance of long streets receding to a distant horizon (installed in 1585, oldest surviving stage set still in existence).
• one of only three Renaissance theatres remaining in existence
• part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.