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The villa was nearly totally destroyed during World War II, but has been rebuilt. Even before the war damage, the building did not closely resemble the plan which Palladio published in his "I quattro libri dell'architettura" ("The Four Books of Architecture") of 1570, possibly because Gianfrancesco Valmarana, the architect's client, died while his house was being built.