Villa Piovene is a Palladian villa built in Lugo di Vicenza , province of Vicenza , northern Italy. The building was commissioned in the 16th century for the aristocratic Venetian Piovene family , their architect believed to have been Andrea Palladio . It is part of the World Heritage Site " City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto " since 1996.
15-487: Villa Piovene was built circa 1539–1540 in competition to and within the immediate vicinity of Villa Godi , which rises only a few hundred metres away. Rivalries have been proven to exist between the Piovene and Godi noble families. The villa was the ambition of Battista Piovene and his son Tommaso Piovene; the latter was probably responsible for commissioning the structure. The Piovene family seemed less interested in matching
30-530: A portico is the role within the functional layout of the building. The portico allows entrance to the inside from the exterior and can be found on vernacular and small scale buildings. Thus, it is found mainly on noble residences and public buildings. A classic use of both is that represented in the mosaics of Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo of the Royal Palace. Loggias differ from verandas in that they are more architectural and, in form, are part of
45-451: A "symbol of communal justice and government and as a stage for civic ceremony". In Italian architecture , a loggia is also a small garden structure or house built on the roof of a residence, open on one or more sides, to enjoy cooling winds and the view. They were especially popular in the 17th century and are prominent in Rome and Bologna , Italy. The main difference between a loggia and
60-717: A Greek temple also form the backdrop for the depiction of Olympian gods . This is followed by symbols of peace and justice, a common theme in Venetian villas following the War of the League of Cambrai and the desire for a new Pax Venetiana , or great peace within the Republic of Venice . Loggia In architecture , a loggia ( / ˈ l oʊ dʒ ( i ) ə / LOH -j(ee-)ə , usually UK : / ˈ l ɒ dʒ ( i ) ə / LOJ -(ee-)ə , Italian: [ˈlɔddʒa] )
75-544: A unified appearance. The flight of entrance steps is flanked by balusters and its width corresponds to the middle arch of the arcade of the loggia. The interior was decorated with frescoes initially by Gualtiero Padovano , and later by Giovanni Battista Zelotti and Battista del Moro . Their "Hall of the Muses" includes depictions of caryatids within a composition of muses and poets in Arcadian landscapes. Ruins of
90-451: Is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, often on an upper level, sometimes on the ground level of a building. The corridor is open to the elements because its outer wall is only partial, with the upper part usually supported by a series of columns or arches . An overhanging loggia may be supported by a baldresca . From the early Middle Ages , nearly every Italian comune had an open arched loggia in its main square, which served as
105-535: The Villa Gazzotti or the Villa Valmarana at Vigardolo ). The characteristics of the building itself are most perplexing: the plan is hardly sophisticated, the windows pierce the façade without any particular order , and the pronaos is awkwardly joined to the building block. The villa is the product of three campaigns of work: documents demonstrate the existence of a manorial house, smaller than
120-413: The 1570s in accordance with Palladio's wishes, though not carried out by him. In the first half of the 18th century, the architect Francesco Muttoni constructed the lateral barchesse (side farm wings), laid out the garden and probably executed the double-ramp stairs which lead to the loggia. The scenographic stair by which one accedes to the villa, however, was realised some years prior together with
135-561: The Palladian Villas of the Veneto ". The villa and extensive gardens are open to the public in the afternoon, year round. The building also houses a museum of archeology in the basement, with hundreds of fossils of plant and animal life in the region. Its large park was laid out in the 19th century and was used as a film location for Senso . The building lacks of ornamentation usually associated with Palladio's mature work, and for
150-422: The actual realisation. This early work by Palladio still demonstrates characteristics of the architecture of his time. A harmonic unity of landscape and architecture does not yet seem to have been an aspiration. The building is a massive block consisting of three distinct parts. The public space of the reception area (the sala) is clearly distinguished from the domestic living areas and the ensemble does not present
165-609: The handsome gate of 1703. Today, the villa is seen against a picturesque backdrop of a garden, which was laid out in the 19th century, situated in the plain of the Astico River . In 1996, UNESCO included the building within the World Heritage Site " City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto ". Villa Godi Villa Godi is a patrician villa in Lugo di Vicenza , Veneto , northern Italy . It
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#1732772606838180-419: The present one and constructed before 1541, which was enlarged at a later stage by the addition of the pronaos bearing the inscribed date 1587: so the loggia that projects in the center—six Ionic columns supporting a triangular gable —may have begun by Palladio circa 1570 and completed after his death. The extension of the mansion and the vertical window rhythms can also be assumed to have taken place within
195-450: The refined, symmetrical proportions of the façade and massing of the structure. The plan is arranged with suites of apartments arranged symmetrically on each side of the main sala and a recessed entry loggia . The plan published in I quattro libri dell'architettura twenty-eight years after the building's completion is probably a revision of Palladio's original design and includes an extensive complex of farm buildings, which are not part of
210-675: The size of Villa Godi as they were in the choice of the artisan workshop carrying out the work, that of Giovanni di Giacomo da Porlezza, who also was responsible for the execution of Villa Godi, of the Pedemuro workshop, where Andrea Palladio was employed. More doubts than certainties surround Palladio's involvement in the execution of the Villa. The building was not included in the Quattro libri dell'architettura (published 1570), although other certainly autograph villas were also excluded (such as
225-428: Was one of the first projects by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio , as attested in his monograph I quattro libri dell'architettura . The work was commissioned by the brothers Girolamo, Pietro and Marcantonio Godi, started in 1537 and concluded in 1542, with later modifications to the rear entry and gardens. The villa has been designated by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site " City of Vicenza and
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