Architecture

The Villa boasts the typical layout of Venetian villas, with a central hall on both floors facing the rooms. The ground floor used to be a large porch with two staircases leading to the austere, high-vaulted loggia. In the 19th century the hunting pavilion was turned into a residence by closing the space between the columns of the portico and the loggia, and joining the two northern buildings with a terrace, while new rooms where built on the second floor.

The 18th century spinning mill boasts a beautiful façade, and is made up of a single space on each of the three floors, with large windows on both sides for optimal ventilation, needed for silkworm farming.

The portico was used as a shelter for carriages and was joined to the spinning mill until the earthquake in 1936 damaged it. As customary in Venetian villas, the chapel dedicated by the Tiepolo family to Saint Saba overlooks the main road, which used to run halfway up the large meadow.

The Corte Rustica is surrounded by barns, cellars and the back of the spinning mill. Once the centre of the farm life, it’s now a lush garden brimming with fruit trees and vegetables.