Villa Pisani, un particolare dell'Esedra.

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Villa Pisani, a detail of the Exedra. (Marco Trevisan, Bazzmann+Venipedia)

Residence of the noble Pisani family, the magnificent villa was also a Habsburg residence and the favourite holiday resort of European nobility.
One of the most famous villas on the Riviera del Brenta, it is a destination for Italian and foreign visitors, who admire its enchanting noble rooms and vast, well-kept park.

The monumental complex is composed of a long central block with three floors with C-shaped wings on two levels and a green area of ​​about 10 hectares surrounded by walls. The façade of the main block is made up of eight giant Corinthian half-columns and is crowned by a serrated tympanum with the Pisani family crest in the center and statues at the top, by Bonazza.

The construction works were started in 1721 on a project by Girolamo Frigimelica and then completed in 1736 by Francesco Maria Preti.

The Pisani family decided to build this palace in honor of Alvise Pi

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