VILLA EMO

the ManorIt was built in1557-1560 and frescoed between the1561-1565. The villa has: -a central body reserved for patricians formed by a

vestibule, a lounge and three rooms arranged symmetrically on either sides.

-the lateral sides (Barchesse) which contain the cellars, barns and stables, at the end there are two dovecotes that adorn the barns. There are long arcades with 11 arches each.

The villa has been built with cheap materials such as brick and plaster, simulating ashiar and precious marbles.

The interior of the main floor were painted by Battista Zelotti,Veronese’s collaborator. The frescoes represent episodes from Roman mythology and history. In the decorative festoons are depicted ears of corn and cultivation of the "new world".

the Frescoes

They are aligned to the main house,develop in 11 arches, closed by 2 dovecotes higher and backward. Their function is explained by Palladio himself: "For all of you can go indoors ... to the end that neither the rains nor the blazing suns prevent the Lord to go and see his shops ... and they are very ornamental”.

In the original project they were separated from the Lord’s house,with two arches, which were closed in 1774, when the Barchesse were transformed from agricultural use in a high-class residence.

the Barchesse