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In 1345 the Great Council of the Republic of Venice abolished the law that did not allow the citizens of the Serenissima to acquire property on the mainland.\u00a0As a consequence,\u00a0the Venetian families moved their affairs on the banks of the Brenta.<\/strong><\/p>\n As they had the necessity to control the production more closely: villas were built, which gathered in one building the main dwelling and other buildings used for various purposes.\u00a0There were three types of villas, each with a different feature:<\/strong><\/p>\n And it is in this last type of villas that aristocratic families loved to spend their holidays:\u00a0they left Venice with boats called Burchielli<\/strong>, going up the Brenta canal using the oars, and then up to Fusina. From here, the boats were transported by horses to Padua, where they would proceed to travel the Riviera del Brenta.<\/p>\n Very well decorated inside, the Burchiello also seemed to reflect the luxury and elegance of the city of Venice.\u00a0Burchiello fascinated many influential personalities, intellectuals and writers<\/strong>, who described it magnificently in their works: among them were Giacomo Casanova, Charles de Brosses, Montesquieu and Goldoni.<\/p>\n The Riviera del Brenta counts a large number of beautiful and majestic historic villas, with luxurious and magnificent interiors. Let\u2019s get to know some of them!<\/p>\n It was built in 1721 by the architect\u00a0Gerolamo Frigimelica<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Francesco Maria Preti,<\/strong>\u00a0for the aristocratic family Pisani from campo Santo Stefano. Inside you can find\u00a0the historical fresco by Tiepolo<\/strong>, the glory of the Pisani family, while in the other rooms there are frescoes by Giuseppe Zais, Jacopo Guarana, Francesco Simonini, Andrea Urbani, Jacopo Amigoni and Giambattista Crosato.<\/p>\n There are 168 rooms<\/strong>, including the one in which Napoleon stayed as a guest.<\/p>\n Inside there is a garden of over 14 hecta<\/strong>res, whose project was repeatedly revised in the 19th and 20th centuries. To the east there are architectural and scenic works, each with its own particular history.<\/p>\n Also known as La Malcontenta<\/strong>, it was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1559 in Malcontenta, near Mira, for the brothers Alvise and Nicol\u00f2 Foscari, who belonged to one of the most influential families in the Republic of Venice.<\/p>\n Inside the villa coexist elements deriving from the typical Venetian building, combined with ancient architecture.\u00a0Giovanni Battista Zelotti<\/strong>\u00a0and, to a lesser extent,\u00a0Battista Franco<\/strong>, took care of the majestic interior decoration, in which mythological elements prevail.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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LA RIVIERA DEL BRENTA: THE VILLAS<\/h3>\n
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