ined ▁with ▁the ▁assign ments ▁entr usted ▁to ▁P all ad io . ▁Rel ations ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁must ▁very ▁probably ▁have ▁been ▁closer ▁than ▁between ▁patron ▁and ▁architect , ▁if ▁we ▁consider ▁that ▁thirty ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁project ▁for ▁I se ppo ' s ▁city ▁palace ▁P all ad io ▁designed ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁great ▁villa ▁for ▁him ▁at ▁Mol ina ▁di ▁Mal o , ▁subsequently ▁never ▁completed . ▁The ▁two ▁friends ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁ 1 5 8 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁palace ▁was ▁inhab itable ▁from ▁December ▁ 1 5 4 9 , ▁though ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁the ▁fa ç ade ▁was ▁standing ▁and ▁would ▁only ▁be ▁completed ▁three ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 2 . ▁N umer ous ▁aut ograph ▁draw ings ▁by ▁P all ad io ▁record ▁the ▁complex ▁design ▁process . ▁They ▁show ▁that ▁right ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁P all ad io ▁planned ▁for ▁two ▁distinct , ▁resident ial ▁blocks , ▁one ▁to ▁lie ▁along ▁the ▁street ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁cont igu ous ▁to ▁the ▁back ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁cour ty ard . ▁In ▁the ▁Qu attro ▁lib ri ▁dell ' arch it ett ura ▁( 1 5 7 0 ) ▁the ▁two ▁blocks ▁are ▁inter connected ▁by ▁a ▁maj estic ▁cour ty ard ▁with ▁enorm ous ▁Compos ite ▁columns : ▁this ▁is ▁quite ▁clearly ▁a ▁re - el abor ation ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁idea ▁in ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁publication . ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁with ▁the ▁Pal azzo ▁C