Villa Dal Verme

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Villa Dal Verme, 2019: The bed and embankment of the Liona Canal have been raised up, so they obstruct the view of the basement.

The Villa Dal Verme from the early 15th century is one of the few remaining palazzi in Veneto from this period. The building is located just outside of Agugliaro not far from the road to Vò on Canale Liona and is sometimes referred to as the "mother of all Veneto villas".

history

The villa was expanded at the beginning of the 15th century by the wealthy Lombard family of the Dal Verme. Luchino dal Verme had suppressed the uprising of the Venetian settlers on Crete (1363-1366) with a mercenary army in the service of the Republic of Venice . His family came to extensive estates in Verona , as well as in the lower Vicentino, which they lost in the course of the fighting between Venice and Milan . Part of their property, along with other patrician families, was acquired by Fracanzani, who had lived in Agugliaro since 1446, through the interim owner Giovanni Pietro da Costa. This happened after the collapse following the rebellion of Condottiere Alvise Dal Verme, in 1441; the listing of the condottiere's confiscated property in Verona alone filled 62 densely written folia . The Pisani, one of the old noble families of Venice, had also participated in the purchase of confiscated Dal Verme goods in 1437.

The background was the extreme rearmament of Venice until 1433, when the city was at war with the empire and then with Milan . After the end of the war, the army was suddenly reduced from 31,000 men to 5,000 horsemen and 2,000 infantrymen, and the Condottieri were released. However, the condottiere Alvise Dal Verme refused to disband his army in 1436 and instead left the Venetian services. But it was only when he changed sides in the same year and was now fighting for Milan that Venice, which now regarded him as a deserter , had his property confiscated and his seat of honor on the Grand Council withdrawn.

The previous building of the Dal-Verme-Villa could have served more of a defensive purpose, but it was soon converted into a warehouse and residential building ( fondaco ) and served as a base for trade with Venice.

The stairs, in turn, date from a later time. The extensions that are still mentioned in old cadastres and that are still visible on a map from 1652 have disappeared . This included a long barchessa on the west side, on which only the owners of the house were allowed to stay, and a basso rustico on the east side, a simple, flat front or extension.

A bike path runs along the canal between the confluence with the Bisato and Agugliaro rivers. Not far away is the Villa Saraceno , begun by Andrea Palladio and completed by Biagio Saraceno shortly before 1568 on the banks of the Canale Liona.

description

The main facade of the square building points south to the watercourse. This facade has a portico with two large arches, each flanked by a window on the right and left. In contrast, a trifora, a three-arched window , opens in the piano nobile . The arches rest on slender pillars. Two large windows open to the right and left of it, there is a coat of arms of the Dal Verme.

The north facade is symmetrical and opens towards the country, in the piano nobile the structure of the south facade is repeated.

The numerous laterally perforated windows, which are barred and which can be traced back to the frequent changes of ownership as well as the almost complete loss of the paintings, date from a later period.

The inside is devoid of any jewelry. In the piano nobile there is a central salon, the grand pianos are now irregularly divided. It is possible that there was originally a similarly elaborate portico on the west side .

The windows probably go back to Lombard masters, as well as the doors of the salon in the piano nobile. The trifors, on the other hand, are in the Gothic-Venetian tradition of the late 15th century. Accordingly, they go back to a later expansion phase.

literature

Web links

Commons : Villa Dal Verme (Agugliaro)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ After Gianni Moriani: Palladio architetto della villa fattoria. Territorio, agricoltura, ville, barchesse, cantine e cucine nella terraferma veneziana del XVI secolo , Cierre, 2008, p. 69 the building was constructed shortly before 1472.
  2. ↑ Visita guidata a Villa Saraceno e Villa Dal Verme. Il Restauro in Villa: Storie di abbandoni e recuperi eccellenti ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , visitpalladio 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visitpalladio.com
  3. ↑ Archivio veneto 199/2000 (2005), p. 26.
  4. ↑ James S. Grubb: Provincial Families of the Renaissance. Private and Public Life in the Veneto , Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, p. 135.
  5. ^ ME Mallett, JR Hale: The Military Organization of a Renaissance State. Venice c. 1400 to 1617 , Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 205.
  6. ↑ Michael Edward Mallett, John Rigby Hale: The Military Organization of a Renaissance State. Venice c. 1400 to 1617 , Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 38.
  7. ^ ME Mallett, JR Hale: The Military Organization of a Renaissance State. Venice c. 1400 to 1617 , Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 182.

Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 54.7 ″  E