What a thrill to be the spokesperson for Palladian beauty in the world! And have confirmation that architecture, like a noble art , can speak multiple languages ​​and take different forms, while maintaining a universal value . It so happens that while talking with one of our lovely clients, we went to retrace the exploits of Palladio none other than in the Land of the East . To do this, however, it is necessary to recall one of the best-known Palladian works in Venice: The R

We all know the fame of this great nineteenth-century man of letters, but perhaps not many know that Ugo Foscolo lived and deeply loved the Veneto . The poet was born in Zakynthos, then under Venetian possession, in 1778 to a doctor father, trained at the University of Padua and a Greek noblewoman mother. After the premature death of his father, at the age of 14, Ugo, with his mother and brothers, moved to Venice, where he learned and practiced the Venetian dialect, honing th

Refreshing and drinkable, the Spritz - or as we call it in Veneto "the spriss" is now considered the King of cocktails in Northern Italy and beyond: with its delicate taste and moderate alcohol content it is suitable at any time, during a meal, after a long day of work and also on festive evenings with friends. But where does this sparkling aperitif originate from? There is a story about Venice that drifts across the centuries like a faint aroma of wine and salt air. The fi

The historic Grape Festival is underway in Villa Angarano, like every early autumn, at that moment of the year awaited by everyone in Bassano and the surrounding area. We celebrate wine, which for centuries, let's say to each other without quibbling – always! Bring joy and luck together to this land where everyone together, at this moment, is celebrating the grace of divine nectar. Palladio already wrote, almost five hundred years ago, of a "place famous for the precious wine

That's right, Veneto boasts the first woman graduate in the world , Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia : it is precisely in Padua that Elena graduated in philosophy in 1678. Natural daughter of the noble Giovanni Battista Cornaro, prosecutor of San Marco, and of the commoner Zanetta Boni, she was born in Venice in 1646, the fifth of seven children. She was enrolled in the honor roll of nobles at 18, when her father shelled out 100,000 ducats to elevate her and her brothers to p

Not everyone knows the Venice of its gardens , that of the 500 private gardens, adorned with every gem of nature, perhaps exotic and very colourful, but also that of the "paradise on earth" of the secret gardens of the Giudecca . With the ferry from San Marco you take the Giudecca canal to return to the station, as an alternative to the Grand Canal, passing between Dorsoduro and the "city" front of ancient Spinalonga. But if we happened to see Giudecca "from the back", we wou

It's time to celebrate, because today begins... the Venice Carnival ! Those who have been lucky enough to experience it at least once in their life, perhaps managing to avoid the busiest times, have had a unique and unforgettable experience: made up of ancient festivals and traditions, delicious pancakes, chatter and castagnole, dances and shows of varied art, fantastic processions on land and water. An intoxication with the art of comedy, all amidst majestic masks and lush c

My first project in Venice , and at the time my first church facade. It wasn't a coincidence. In the Christian circles of Vicenza everyone knew of my closeness to circles smelling of heresy. Many of my clients did not hide, or barely hid, the sharing of new ideas coming from beyond the Alps through our business channels. In Venice everything started again, thanks to Marcantonio and Daniele Barbaro , patriarch of Aquileia "in condominium with the Grimani" (but that's another s

Listen, as if it were Andrea Palladio telling... Gianfrancesco Valmarana was the brother of Giovanni Alvise , among the first great men who believed in me, for whose family I designed the Palazzo al Pozzo Rosso a couple of years later. The Valmaranas had long owned a large fiefdom in Lisiera, which was being completely reorganized at that time. I was obviously involved, in particular in the reconstruction of the villa, which resembled when I saw it Villa Trissino in Cricoli,