Now old, now "Venetian", in front of my Basilica under construction, I was given the task of building the Loggia del Capitaniato , symbol of the militar authority of Venice on the city. Venice facing Vicenza , I tried to represent them in their harmonious proximity: dominant Venice, glorious and attentive presence, observes the families of an intelligent Vicenza gathered in Council .

For the very rich congregation of the Benedictines of Venice I first created a succession of portals and huge barrel-vaulted spaces, in a grandiose path like the ancient thermal buildings of Rome : it was my refectory that was accomplished in the sumptuous Canaan Wedding of my friend Paolo Veronese , which pierced the fifth, continuing my architecture on canvas.​ A few years later, even leaving a drawing for the cloister, I was in charge of the large church of the convent:

Not my villa , of course, but the place where my life changed.​ I was working on an extraordinary construction site for me, that of the villa of Giangiorgio Trissino , who wanted to transform it into the Roman fashion of Raphael and the ancients; I, still a stonemason, was increasingly involved in architecture for the Pedemuro workshop, the most renowned construction company in Vicenza that had contracted out the work. Thus came the meeting that marked my destiny: I recognize

For almost everyone, my greatest masterpiece . Thanks to the freedom granted to me by Paolo Almerico , in fact I was able to create a pure work , in which the magnificence of man's intellect can shine forth. It is the perfect location , it is the perfect client, it is the perfect context, it is the perfect moment in my history as a man and as an architect : a house that is the temple of the sacred discussion of enlightened men on philosophy, theology, politics, our ancient cu

I had learned in Rome that there was not always a need for great ornamentation and pomp for an architecture to be harmonious and important . Casta villa la Saraceno remains one of my favorites: every time I thought about the design of a new architecture, and especially the facade, I started with the character of the client, so that the villa would suit the owner's suit. In this case Biagio Saraceno - of an ancient Roman family - had recently taken on important public off

Discovering the wonders to the south of Lake Garda , Pindemonte regenerated his poetics. The poet Ippolito Pindemonte actually stayed at the Parco Giardino Sigurtà , in 1792. There he embarked on a journey of discovery of this area, both as a pleasure trip and as a quest for poetic inspiration. "Why did I come here? Why today, I, Ippolito Pindemonte, find myself in a fairy place like Sigurtà Garden Park? What am I looking for? I certainly wouldn't be here if it weren't for m

The Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza , inaugurated in 1585, is considered the first great theatre built since antiquity and the first permanent indoor theatre of the modern era. It is also Palladio's last masterpiece , in some ways his testament, a synthesis of his long studies of classical Greek-Roman theatre but also of a vision that transcends architecture. A great trompe l'oeil into which we can enter, becoming actors in a representation that is the Renaissance, and that is li

Francesco Aviani was a painter born in Venice but who had his most prosperous career in the Vicenza area, particularly as a fresco painter and landscape perspective painter. Among his various works he decorated the interior of Villa Chiericati Milan in Sandrigo with frescoes in 1703, but it is in oil painting that his style emerges from the waters of his mind. In his landscape works one can detect a nostalgic mood in depicting Venetian panoramas, fused together with figures b

The most important and fascinating spiritual retreat of the Euganean mountains is located at its foot and dates back to the 11th century . After the first turbulent centuries, Praglia Abbey experienced a long flourishing period from the mid 1400s to the 19th century, during which the monks had to move several times, until their definitive return at the beginning of the 20th century. Its size, the balance of its spaces and its architectural style that oscillates between late