Palmanova- The perfect city
Palmanova, also known as the fortress city and the ideal city, is located in the province of Udine, Italy. It was designed on the plan of a perfect ideal nine-pointed star (such a city plan provided excellent defence) by the Italian architect Vincenzo Scamozzi in the 16th century. It was built in response to the strategic and defensive needs of the Venetian Republic to protect the eastern border from the Ottoman Empire.