Vicenza is Palladio for everyone, and we couldn't agree more.
But Palladio is also a beginning of something that goes on, here in our city and in the surrounding lands, as well as in the rest of the world.
Palladio lives on in those who have followed him as architects and more broadly as artists because we can see Palladio's influence in painting and sculpture as well.
At Villa Loschi Zileri, just a stone's throw from Vicenza, a memory of Palladio, which may feel distant to those who are close by but appears closer to those coming from afar, is palpable.
Two centuries have passed now, and this world, of this Serenissima, is different: the arches play Bach, the white wigs adorned the noble heads of those who still drew inspiration from the ancient world, those who sense they are on the descent but choose to continue dancing, laughing with closed eyes.
Villa Loschi Zileri is a dream of countryside and city combined, a pure Venetian Rococo where the allegories of classical virtues come to life in the extraordinary works of a still relatively young and emerging Tiepolo.
They are frescoes of light and color, they are his - his hand is unmistakable, precious, sublime, and perfectly harmonized with the candid and airy architecture of Muttoni, resulting in a truly unique and extraordinary masterpiece.
A main hall that certainly doesn't exhaust the visit: the surrounding park boasts the highest number of monumental trees in the province, including majestic cypresses and centuries-old oaks, as well as yews, poplars, and magnolias. Among them, a group of plane trees, including the largest one in the province, also hosts surprises such as two-century-old sequoias and ginkgo biloba trees. It is a romantic and gentle stroll, with exotic touches, from which one would not want to venture further.
Yet, other villas await us, each beautiful in its own beauty, each completely different from the others.
Le ville sono donne, e ognuna di ognuna di loro riserva segreti ai quali solo i più curiosi e appassionati potranno accedere.
But it is time to get moving again to enjoy the next stops of our experience, "The Ancient Beauty of Vicenza between Palladio and Tiepolo"
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