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Facade Panoramic view Panoramic view from the piazza Channel and portico The entry gate Facade and statue Windows at the central block Windows at the west wing Cycle lane South portico

Piazzola sul Brenta, province of Padua, altitude 30 m/100 feet above sea level; train station at Padua, 15 km/9 miles to the south.

One of the grandest of the Venetian villas, construction was begun in the middle of the 16th century, perhaps from a design by Andrea Palladio, on behalf of the Venetian patricians Francesco and Paolo Contarini; in 1676 the procurator of San Marco, Marco Contarini, enlarged the house by adding two wings, and then in 1680 the huge piazza surrounded by a semicircular colonnade, but which was never completed. With its huge park the villa has the feel of a small Venetian Versailles.

Links on the web

• Villa Contarini: official website
• Villa Contarini degli scrigni on the website Palladio Museum (formerly CISA Palladio) with description, map and 3D model.

• IRVV - Catalogo on line : Istituto Regionale Ville Venete = Regional Institute of Venetian Villas.

References

• Gianfranco Scarpari, Le ville venete, Newton Compton, Roma, 2007. [Villa Contarini pp 219-223].
• Ist.reg. per le ville venete, Le ville venete, Marsilio, Venezia, 1998. [Villa Contarini pp 42-43].
• Paul Van der Ree, Gerrit Smienk, Clemens Steenbergen, Italian Villas and Gardens, Prestel, München, 1993. [Villa Contarini p 246].
• Valeria Bovè, Ville venete, Arsenale, Venezia, 1999. [Villa Contarini, Camerini, Simes pp 52-55].

Bibliography

• F. Monicelli - S. Montagner, Guida alle ville venete, Demetra, Verona, 2000
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