The barchessas of Villa Badoer  in Fratta Polesine reveal an unusual form: one might call it a gesture of embrace . Opening gently from the main volume of the villa, they curve forward, welcoming  those who approach — just as Palladio had already imagined in the grand vision for Villa Trissino at Meledo di Sarego. There are architectures that are not merely seen: they are felt , like breaths held within stone.They do not simply stand: they perform gestures .Among these gestu

Traces, Transformations, and Echoes of the Palladian Style in once a beating heart of Central Europe I. The Echo of Palladio in the Land of the Magyars Palladian architecture in Hungary: the unexpected journey of a style No, Andrea Palladio never crossed the plains of Pannonia, nor did he contemplate the waters of the Danube or the hills surrounding Lake Balaton. And yet, centuries later, in that land of borderlands and empire, of Slavic, Magyar, and Latin interweavings, his

The day was falling when I stopped under the incomplete porticoes of my Basilica. The wooden scaffolding, pitch-black and gnarled , climbed like skeletons along the façade, enveloping the building in a lattice that seemed suspended in time. The resinous smell of damp wood mingled with the acrid scent of red-hot metals, carried by the wind from the goldsmiths' workshops nearby. I was not alone. The shadows lengthened around the workers who, on the scaffolding, were shaping the

Vicenza has always been considered the Italian city of gold, able to boast for centuries the production of about a third of all the goldsmith work of the beautiful country. Ok, Arezzo friends, we know... Do we want to say that Vicenza is itself a jewel? What do you say? But certainly, without a doubt Arezzo in turn! Let's get to us: the first document that attests to our ancient tradition dates back to 1399, when the "Constitution of the Guild of Goldsmiths of Vicenza" was i

We are above an ancient sea , when here - tens of millions of years ago - we were in the tropics of the planet. In the meantime the earth's axis has shifted, many different layers have overlapped and pressed together, until they became rock... But even today we can find the algae and corals of that coral reef that separated the open sea from a large internal plain. A reef rich in marine life that survives in the stone used by Palladio for the bases and capitals of the columns

Villa Valmarana Bressan was the first occasion in which I experienced what will later be known as the Serliana , the module of my Basilica and the solution of many of my other designs . In my eyes it was something similar to a drawing by Raphael , for the facade of the building of San Lorenzo , something in Palazzo Tè in Mantua, but I was looking for a cleaner, lighter shape, to then amaze inside with the grandeur of the Roman thermal structures. The first experiments, in wh

In Vicenza, tourism was born centuries ago thanks to some important visitors who were passionate and curious about Palladio's works, just a few years after his death. We choose just a few here, jumping from one century to the next and remaining in the proximity of what today is by far the most visited attraction. The first official tourists that history remembers were the very young representatives of the Tenshō Embassy , ​​traveling from Japan to Europe between 1582 and 1590

The spas of Lake Garda have always been one of the wellness destinations most loved by Italian and foreign tourists. In this article we talk to you about the spas of Sirmione and Lazise , ​​the most beautiful wellness centers on Lake Garda. The thermal baths of Sirmione, a spa center in Garda The virtues of water were already known to the Romans, precursors of the spa. Even today, wellness centers are much more than swimming pools, they are true oases of beauty, offered by u

The Scrovegni Chapel is worth a visit during your stay in Padua or a nice day trip from Venice. The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua hosts an exceptional cycle of frescoes by Giotto , considered the first of a series of great artists who contributed to the Rena edition. Despite its importance in the history of Western art, the Scrovegni Chapel does not attract as many foreign visitors as other Italian artistic masterpieces, perhaps because it is located in a city dominated by mass