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VILLA EMO FANZOLO DI VEDELAGO Built between 1558 and 1560, this villa was commissioned by Leonardo Emo, a member of one of the oldest families in the Veneto, which had owned estates in Fanzolo since the 15th century. In 1565 he married Cornelia Grimani, the niece of Francesco Badoer, the commissioner of the namesake Palladian Villa of Fratta Polesine. He held highly prestigious offices in the Magistratures of the Republic of Venice, and was Podesta of Chioggia, Health Minister, Director of the Fiscal Authority, Minister of Justice, Director of Commerce and Member of the Senate. The rural villa pattern, which combined the demands of country life with a new style inspired by classical architecture, reached a new level with Villa Emo. Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) skilfully seconded the VILLA DI MASER MASER "With loggias on both sides, featuring two dovecotes at their ends. Underneath these, a wine-making area, stables and all the other places serving the Villa”. So did Andrea Palladio in 1570 in his "I quattro libri dell'Architettura" ("Four Books on Architecture") describe the agricultural function of Villa Maser, the only one of Palladio's villas which has preserved up until the present day its role as a land-management centre with an abundant production of high-quality wine, oil, fruit and vegetables. Built between 1550 and 1560 for the Barbaro brothers on the mediaeval foundations of a pre-existing construction, the Villa was also conceived as a portentous hydraulic engineering work, housing the water collection tank both for domestic use and land irrigation. commissioner's request to use economical materials such as bricks or plaster, while conveying the classical principles of harmony and proportion with architectural lines and shapes reduced to the essential. The main body of the building, used as the owner's private residence, featured a classical pronaos supported by four Doric columns, a vestibule, a hall and three symmetrically arranged rooms on either side, whereas the lateral porticoes were intended to house, in Palladio’s own words, “cellars, barns, and stables”, bordered on both sides with “dovecotes, providing a useful service to the owner and embellishing the place”. This arrangement allowed "a full-length roofed space" thanks to the balanced alternation of porticoes and columns. Around the mid-18th century some radical restoration works unified these porticoes with the master's house. The interiors of the first floor were frescoed by Battista Zelotti (1526-1578), a friend and close collaborator of Veronese. They illustrate episodes from mythology and Roman history and celebrate the subduing of passions and the triumph of marital virtues based on the popular cultural and moral views of the new landowning aristocracy. The decorative festoons of the loggia and the rooms depict some ears of maize, a cereal grass coming from the "New World" which was soon "adopted" in the Emo lands. The Villa belonged to the Emo family for 450 years. In 2005 it was acquired by the Credito Trevigiano Bank which, in line with its mission as a "socially committed" bank, wanted to lend its support to the protection of this "World Heritage Site" from greed and speculation and assign it a new financial role - the farm has now become the bank's headquarters - and a modern cultural and socio- environmental function. Villa Emo: aerial view, frescoes by Battista Zelotti (detail), the first floor with frescoes by Zelotti, a view of one of the porticoes. Surrounded by a spectacular landscape at the foot of the green Maser hills, the Villa consists of variously shaped constructions with different uses, positioned along the same axis: the estate house and porticoes form a compact unit underlying the close connection between architecture and agriculture, art and landscape, entertainment and production. It also features a marvellous variety of decor. Inside, Paolo Veronese painted one of the most extraordinary series of 16th century frescoes in Veneto, indicating the role played by the building in the study of the arts and intellectual contemplation, with the interiors of the Villa clinked to the surrounding landscape and today the subject of scrupulous preservation work. The view from almost all the rooms stretches across the hills and plains from the central axis of Viale dei Tigli, leading south from Neptune's fountain. Plastic decorations were commissioned to Alessandro Vittoria, a brilliant pupil of Sansovino, who carried out the stucco works throughout the Villa. The exceptio- nal character of Villa Maser also lies in the key role taken by the commissioners in its design: the humanistic culture of the Barbaro brothers considerably influenced Palladio’s work. At the back of the building lies the Nymphaeum, an exedra with a fish-pond featuring statues by Alessandro Vittoria and Marc’Antonio Barbaro. On the northern hillock, a charming cottage houses the Museum of Carriages, a fascinating collection of Italian and foreign vehicles with origins spanning past centuries, while the 19th-century Cellar lies to the west. Along the provincial street, the Tempietto (small Temple) was originally intended as the Villa's Chapel and later became the Parish Church of the village of Maser. It was designed after the architectural pattern of the Roman Pantheon, and was enriched with soft stone statues by Orazio Marinali and, inside, with stuccos by Vittoria. Together with the Olympic Theatre in Vicenza, the Tempietto is the last of Palladio's works; in fact, he is said to have died in Maser. Villa Maser has been recognised by U.N.E.S.C.O. World Heritage since 1996. villa Emo villa di Maser PALLADIO THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PROVINCE OF TREVISO Comune di Maser Comune di Vedelago www.provincia.treviso.it
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VILLA EMOFANZOLO DIVEDELAGO
Built between 1558 and 1560, this villa was commissioned by Leonardo Emo, a member of one of the oldest families in the Veneto,
which had owned estates in Fanzolo since the 15th century. In 1565 he married Cornelia Grimani, the niece of Francesco Badoer, the commissioner of the namesake Palladian Villa of Fratta Polesine.He held highly prestigious offices in the Magistratures of the Republic of Venice, and was Podesta of Chioggia, Health Minister, Director of the Fiscal Authority, Minister of Justice, Director of Commerce and Member of the Senate. The rural villa pattern, which combined the demands of country life with a new style inspired by classical architecture, reached a new level with Villa Emo. Andrea Palladio(1508-1580) skilfully seconded the
VILLA DIMASERMASER
"With loggias on both sides, featuring two dovecotes at their ends. Underneath these, a wine-making area, stables
and all the other places serving the Villa”. So did Andrea Palladio in 1570 in his"I quattro libri dell'Architettura" ("Four Books on Architecture") describe the agricultural function of Villa Maser, the only one of Palladio's villas which has preserved up until the present day its role as aland-management centre with an abundant production of high-quality wine, oil, fruit and vegetables. Built between 1550 and 1560 for the Barbaro brothers on the mediaeval foundations of a pre-existing construction, the Villa was also conceived as a portentous hydraulic engineering work, housing the water collection tank both for domestic use and land irrigation.
commissioner's request to use economical materials such as bricks or plaster, while conveying the classical principles of harmony and proportion with architectural lines and shapes reduced to the essential. The main body of the building, used as the owner's private residence, featured a classical pronaos supported by four Doric columns, a vestibule, a hall and three symmetrically arranged rooms on either
side, whereas the lateral porticoes were intended to house, in Palladio’s own words,“cellars, barns, and stables”, bordered on both sides with “dovecotes, providing a useful service to the owner and embellishing the place”. This arrangement allowed"a full-length roofed space" thanks to the balanced alternation of porticoes and columns. Around the mid-18th century some radical restoration works unified
these porticoes with the master's house.The interiors of the first floor were frescoed by Battista Zelotti (1526-1578), a friend and close collaborator of Veronese.They illustrate episodes from mythology and Roman history and celebrate the subduing of passions and the triumph of marital virtues based on the popular cultural and moral views of the new landowning aristocracy. The decorative festoons of the loggia and the rooms depict some ears of maize, a cereal grass coming from the "New World" which was soon "adopted" in the Emo lands. The Villa belonged to the Emo family for 450 years. In 2005 it wasacquired by the Credito Trevigiano Bank which, in line with its mission as a "socially committed" bank, wanted to lend its support to the protection of this "World Heritage Site" from greed and speculation and assign it a new financial role - the farm has now become the bank's headquarters - and a modern cultural and socio-environmental function.
Villa Emo: aerial view, frescoes by Battista Zelotti
(detail), the first floor with frescoes by Zelotti,
a view of one of the porticoes.
Surrounded by a spectacular landscape at the foot of the green Maser hills, the Villa consists of variously shaped constructions with different uses, positioned along the same axis: the estate house and porticoes form a compact unit underlying the close connection between architecture and agriculture, art and landscape, entertainment
and production. It also features a marvellous variety of decor. Inside, Paolo Veronese painted one of the most extraordinary series of 16th century frescoes in Veneto, indicating the role played by the building in the study of the arts and intellectual contemplation, with the interiors of the Villa clinked to the surrounding landscape and
today the subject of scrupulous preservation work. The view from almost all the rooms stretches across the hills and plains from the central axis of Viale dei Tigli, leading south from Neptune's fountain.Plastic decorations were commissioned to Alessandro Vittoria, a brilliant pupil of Sansovino, who carried out the stucco works throughout the Villa. The exceptio-nal character of Villa Maser also lies in the key role taken by the commissioners in its
design: the humanistic culture of the Barbaro brothers considerably influenced Palladio’s work. At the back of the building lies the Nymphaeum, an exedra with a fish-pond featuring statues by Alessandro Vittoria and Marc’Antonio Barbaro.On the northern hillock, a charming cottage houses the Museum of Carriages, a fascinating collection of Italian and foreign vehicles with origins spanning past centuries, while the 19th-century Cellar lies to the west. Along the provincial street, the Tempietto (small Temple) was originally intended as the Villa's Chapel and later became the Parish Church of the village of Maser. It was designed after the architectural pattern of the Roman Pantheon, and was enriched with soft stone statues by Orazio Marinali and, inside, with stuccos by Vittoria. Together with the Olympic Theatre in Vicenza, the Tempietto is the last of Palladio's works; in fact, he is said to have died in Maser. Villa Maser has been recognised by U.N.E.S.C.O. World Heritage since 1996.
villa Emo villa di Maser
PALLADIOTHE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGEOF THE PROVINCE OF TREVISO Comune di Maser Comune di Vedelago
www.provincia.treviso.it
Above, Villa Maser: façade, Nymphaeum, Tempietto, frescoes by Paolo Veronese (detail)
Above this side, a view of Villa Zeno
1550 and 1560 for Vicenza Podesta Marco Zeno - a representative of one of the most powerful Venetian families - belongs to Palladio’s great commissioning era as do Villa Maser and Villa Emo.Some peculiarities in its plans reveal that Palladio converted a pre-existing building to create the final shape of the Villa.
VILLA ZENOCESSALTO
The easternmost of Palladio's villas, Villa Zeno in Donegal di Cessalto is also among the least known. Undergoing
substantial modifications over the centuries as it was adapted for agricultural use, the Villa is currently in need of renovation and public visits are limited.It has nonetheless preserved its original charm arising from its position and the architectural solution worked out by Palladio, who outlined two different designs for each façade and reversed the the usual idea of arranging its constituent parts. The main windowless façade faces South and has one large thermal-style glazing; the secondary one, facing North, features a loggia supported by three arcades - the latter being the only original surviving portion. The Villa, built between
All Villas have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage.
Maser and Fanzolo di Vedelago are both situated in the Province of Trevisonot far from Venice, and may be reachedby road: A27 Venezia-Belluno (exit Treviso nord); Maser is reachedvia SR 348 and SS 248, while Fanzolo di Vedelago via SP 667 and SR 53.by plane: Antonio Canova (Treviso), Marco Polo (Venice) airportsby rail: Montebelluna, Cornuda; Castelfranco Veneto, Fanzolo.
Tourist Bureau (IAT) TREVISOtel. +39 0422 547632 - [email protected] V.TOtel. +39 0423 491416 - [email protected]. +39 0423 529046 - [email protected]
www.provincia.treviso.it - www.turismo.provincia.treviso.it
TOURISM PROMOTION AUTHORITYtel. +39 0422 541052 - fax +39 0422 591195www.marcatreviso.it - [email protected]
MASER and VEDELAGO
VILLA MASERtel. +39 0423 923004 - fax +39 0423 923002www.villadimaser.it - [email protected]
VILLA EMO FOUNDATIONtel. +39 0423 701244 - fax +39 0423 487043www.villaemo.org - [email protected]
INFORMATION
PACKAGE HOLIDAY RESERVATION
ORGANISED IN PARTNERSHIP WITHMaser
Possagno
Valdobbiadene Conegliano
VittorioVeneto
OderzoAsolo Montebelluna
Fanzolo di Vedelago
PROVINCE OFPORDENONE
PROVINCE OF BELLUNO
PROVINCE OF VENICE
PROVINCEOF PADUA
PRO
VIN
CE
OF
VIC
ENZA
TREVISOCastelfrancoVeneto
Comune di VedelagoComune di Maser
Rome
Bologna
MilanTreviso
Venice
Cessalto
RESERVATION FOR EVENTS ANDVISITS TO VILLAS
MaserVedelago
VenicePadua
Idea and layout: Frontiere, progetti per comunicare - www.frontiereprogetti.comPhotos: FAST Province of Treviso, Paolo Zambon, Ruggero Piccoli; archives Villa Maser and Maser Town Council; archives of Fondazione Villa Emo;Cover: drawings from "I quattro libri dell'Architettura" QLA, by A.PalladioTranslations: Studio Congia
