Villa dei Vescovi

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Villa dei Vescovi with entrance from the west

Villa dei Vescovi is a pre- Palladian Venetian villa from the 16th century in Torreglia , district Luvigliano, in the province of Padua in the Euganean Hills . It served as a holiday home for the Bishop of Padua Francesco Pisani . The villa is one of the outstanding examples of Renaissance architecture in Veneto , it contains the most important series of frescoes in Veneto before the stylistic revolution by Paolo Veronese . It is one of the national monuments ( monumento nazionale ) of the Italian state and has been owned by the FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano , the Italian foundation for monument and environmental protection , since 2005 .

history

At the end of the 15th century, Bishop Jacopo Zeno had the architect Bartolomeo Bon put the foundation stone for the building. It was planned as a retreat and summer residence for the bishops from Padua. In 1501 the original building was expanded at the request of Bishop Pietro Barozzi, and further expansions followed in 1535 and 1543 by Cardinal Francesco Pisani . The cardinal initially commissioned the architect Giovanni Maria Falconetti with the work, but he died in 1535. He was replaced by Andrea da Valle , who finally carried out the construction work. Some works are attributed to Giulio Romano , such as the layout of the rooms and the rustication on the ground floor of the villa. The stucco work is attributed to Della Valle, while the Flemish painter Lambert Sustris was commissioned to carry out the frescoes in 1543 , who took care of all the decoration. From various documents it can be concluded that Gualtiero Dall'Arzere , known as "Il Padovano", also made some contribution to the decorations, although none of the surviving frescoes can be attributed to him. Cardinal Francesco Pisani organized an important circle of intellectuals from literary and humanistic circles in the villa. In the years 1562 to 1565, the enclosure and entrance portals were added according to designs by Andrea Della Valles.

In the second half of the 18th century, the division of the rooms on the stately floor was changed: the inner courtyard was closed and four side rooms were built around a central salon, according to the typical floor plans of the late Venetian villas. The villa remained in the possession of the Bishops of Padua until 1962 when it was acquired by Vittorio and Giuliana Olcese. The Olcese family had the villa restored and restored the original structure. In 1966, Alessandro Ballarin removed the plaster from the frescoes above, and Clauco Benito Tiozzo took over the restoration. In 2005, the Olcese family donated the entire complex to the FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano, which undertook to continue and improve the restorations that had begun in the 1960s, especially the frescoes. The villa has been open to the public since 2011.

architecture

The villa rests on a terrace on the top of the hill, which is reached by stairs with arches built into the slope. The complex includes agricultural buildings, the stable, the caretaker's apartment and four monumental portals as well as a large garden with vines. The red and green apartments inside the villa are now rented out by the FAI as guest rooms.

bibliography

  • L. Borromeo Dina (Ed.): Il libro del FAI , Milano 2005, pp. 241-255
  • L. Borromeo Dina (Ed.): Villa dei Vescovi , Milano 2012, ISBN 9788897221067

Web links

Commons : Villa dei Vescovi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filippo Pedrocco, Gli Affreschi nei Palazzi e nelle Ville Venete, pp. 28-29
  2. ↑ according to Law L.1089/1939 - L. 1497/1939
  3. ↑ https://www.fondoambiente.it/luoghi/villa-dei-vescovi
  4. ^ Giuseppe Mazzotti, Ville Venete, p. 119
  5. ↑ Scheda dal Catalogo dell'IRVV
  6. ^ G. Beltramini - H. Burns, Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa, Venezia, 2005
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondoambiente.it
  8. ^ G. Bresciani Alvarez, Le fabbriche di Alvise Cornaro, in Alvise Conaro e il suo tempo, catalogo della mostra a cura di Lionello Puppi, Padova, 1980; Pp. 36-58.
  9. ^ E. Saccomanni, Padova 1540–1570, in La pittura del Veneto. Il Cinquecento, ed. by M. Lucco, Milano, 1998: Part II, pp. 555-616
  10. ↑ http://www.villadeivescovi.net/Villa_dei_Vescovi_rogito_integrale_Giuliana_Olcese_Girolamo_Bordignon.htm
  11. ^ Giuseppe Mazzotti, Ville Venete, p. 119
  12. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondoambiente.it
  13. ↑ http://www.visitfai.it/dimore/villadeivescovi/
  14. ↑ http://www.visitfai.it/dimore/villadeivescovi/dimora-1168-Soggiorna-a-Villa-dei-Vescovi

Coordinates: 45 ° 20 ′ 36.2 "  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 41.5"  E