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Villa Girasole

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Villa Girasole, meaning the sunflower in Italian, is a house built in the 1930s in Marcellise, near Verona in northern Italy, to the design of the architect Angelo Invernizzi. The building was designed to rotate so as to follow the sun's movement across the sky, just as a sunflower turns to face it, which is how the house got its name. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy 2
Completed Year
1930 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Uses Element

Aluminum, Architectural Materials
Source Villa Girasole (Wikipedia)
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Italy

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Source Villa Girasole (Wikipedia)
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1. Villa Girasole (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Girasole, lead definition
    The Villa Girasole (il girasole meaning ‘the sunflower’ in Italian) is a house constructed in the 1930s in Marcellise, northern Italy, near Verona.
  • Wikipedia categories
    Category:Houses completed in 1930
  • Lead section
    The Villa Girasole (il girasole meaning 'the sunflower' in Italian) is a house constructed in the 1930s in Marcellise, northern Italy, near Verona. The conception of architect Angelo Invernizzi, the Girasole rotates to follow the sun as it moves, just as a sunflower opens up and turns to follow the sun.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The Villa Girasole (il girasole meaning ‘the sunflower’ in Italian) is a house constructed in the 1930s in Marcellise, northern Italy, near Verona. The conception of architect Angelo Invernizzi, the Girasole rotates to follow the sun as it moves, just as a sunflower opens up and turns to follow the sun. This is how the unique house got its name.
  • Uses Element: Aluminum, Article text
    They ended up using aluminium sheeting to replace the concrete on the outside walls because the concrete had left cracks.
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2. Villa Girasole (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
Wikidata item Q7930334, property P131/P17 (location): San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
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Wikidata: Villa Girasole
Wikidata Q7930334, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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