Exterior view

In the first half of the 19th century, the motif of temple front remained reserved not just for important building commissions but spread to virtually all types of architecture.The architectural status of public utilitarian buildings had increased considerably following the Enlightenment focus on public good. This is quite evident from the Macello (slaughterhouse and public meat market) of Padua, constructed by the Venetian architect Giuseppe Jappelli. With its eight sturdy baseless columns standing on a low step supporting a broad pediment, the centre section seems to have been inspired by the Greek temples in Paestum, but at the same time is reminiscent of the use of Doric by Revolutionary architecture, with which Jappelli was familiar through his teacher Giovanni Antonio Selva. The restrained, conventionally articulated wing blocks are clearly distinct from the showy centrepiece.