Villa Emo — Attraction in Vedelago

This is a beautiful villa currently under renovation. To visit it is important, nay essential, to check opening times on the website. Even then, due to the ongoing renovation work accidents happen and patience may be needed. Today we had to wait until the electrical plant got going again after yesterday's storm: even the person responsible for the site was not able to digit her code to enter. That said, the lady is most helpful in providing information and she acted most professionally in a difficult situation. Kudos. (Suggestions for the owner: either get the lady an assistant, or pay her more: she answers the phone, explains, juggles tickets, and so forth. Maybe all right in winter, not so in summer.)

The lady is evidently passionate about the site, Palladio's work, and about architecture in general. She provided information about the site, its past, future plans for it, and about nearby works by Palladio (and Scarpa). Once in, the 6 rooms currently accessible are very nicely restored to the previous glory. The park is very nice. Highly recommended: my family's experience today was completely at odds with some of the reviews on this site. Thank you, looking forward to seeing what the site will be like when the works will finish. In...

Villa de Palladio. La única certeza es que seguramente se terminó antes de 1570.

Toda la fachada se sitúa sobre un basamento elevado, que se comunica con el patio central mediante una rampa de acceso, desde la que se entiende la vocación agrícola del conjunto. La rampa, única en las fábricas palladianas, era necesaria para poner a secar los productos y facilitar su transporte hasta los graneros mediante carretillas, cargadas con alimentos u otras mercancías. Las barchesse este y oeste, o mejor dicho, las dos largas alas laterales porticadas que parten del cuerpo noble de la villa, representan el fulcro de la empresa agrícola: son dos cuerpos de igual tamaño, ambos puntuados por once grandes arcos de medio punto, para cada barchessa.

En el proyecto de Palladio, visible en el tratado I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, los once arcos presentes en cada lado solo unían la villa prospectivamente, ya que en realidad los cuerpos laterales y el central estaban separados entre sí por la longitud de tres vanos. De este modo, Palladio constituye una conexión puramente óptica entre los dos elementos característicos de la villa: el señorial y elegante por un lado y el rural y agrícola por el otro. Además, los arcos libres que se abren al campo detrás de la casa contribuyen a marcar esta división de usos y a hacer que el cuerpo central, arquitectónicamente diferente de las barchesse, sea más cortesano y ligero. La transformación de una villa-granja de concepción palladiana en una villa-residencia noble, donde pasar las vacaciones y recibir invitados, se puede atribuir probablemente al año 1744, obra del arquitecto Francesco Muttoni...

Great Villa to visit. Explanations of all the frescoes are written in many languages in each room which is really nice to be able to look at them and read. Would be nice to have more explanations about the architecture of the villa. The grounds are very impressive. Have Wi-Fi around the gift shop which is a nice addition. They also provide parking across the street a short walk away from the villa. went in off-season. I can imagine that in the summer it's extremely busy and crowded. Overall...