Town or city Cessalto Construction started 1550s Province Province of Treviso Architect Andrea Palladio | Country Italy Client Marco Zeno Architectural style Palladian architecture | |
 | ||
Completed modified over the centuries Address Via Donegal, 85, 31040 Cessalto TV, Italy Similar Villa Gazzotti Grimani, Villa Forni Cerato, Villa Chiericati, Villa Valmarana, Villa Serego | ||
Villa zeno screaming j hawkins official video
Villa Zeno is a patrician villa at Cessalto, Veneto, northern Italy, and is the most easterly villa designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The building is near the highway between Venice and Trieste, but was built to face a canal which served as the primary means of arrival.
Contents
Villa zeno in front of the moon official video
History
Palladio's building for the Zeno family has been dated to the 1550s. It is illustrated in I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, the architect's influential publication of 1570, and has similarities to some of the other villas described there such as the Villa Saraceno. It is also reminiscent of Villa Caldogno Nordera, which is attributed to Palladio, but is not included in I Quattro Libri.
Palladio appears to have incorporated an existing building, and his villa has had several modifications. Its Palladian features include a facade characterised by a triple-arched loggia. The roof is capped with period clay tiles, and the structure is of brick covered with stucco, typical of Palladio who was able to achieve great buildings with what are commonly regarded as inferior materials.
Conservation
In 1996 it was designated by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". The villa is in need of restoration.