Villa Widmann

Mira, Italy

The Villa Widmann-Foscari is located at the shores of the river Brenta located in the small town of Mira, between Venice and Padua. The present palace was built in the 18th century; a succession of families including the Scerimann, Donà, Foscari, had previously owned the site. The present villa was apparently designed and built in 1719 by Alessandro Tirali, a Venetian architect.

The Widmanns commissioned the internal frescoes mainly by Giuseppe Angeli, a pupil of Giambattista Piazzetta, and Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna, who worked with Tiepolo. The Villa is surrounded by cypress and horse-chestnut trees, and gardens interspersed by several stone statues of gods, nymphs and cupids. A Barchessa (a protruding arcade wing usually functioning as storage sheds or stables) and a small church, where Elisabetta and Arianna Widmann are buried, are also part of the Villa’s buildings.

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Address

Via Nazionale 421, Mira, Italy

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Founded: 1719
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Italy

More Information

villawidmann.servizimetropolitani.ve.it
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User Reviews

Aldo da Rin (2 years ago)
Nice venician villa with remarkably preserved frescoes

Paul Popa (2 years ago)
We ware on a boat trip when they stopped us at this locations. The guide had an excelent speach about this villa, she introduced use into its history, she explained how the villa got its name, how it was restored, to whom it belongs now. Inside we ware blasted with so many interesting things that at some point the guide only had two people following her. The rest of us war elinie ants running around trying to absorb as much as we could about this place, very rich in history. I would recommend visiting this villa 5/5!

Mauro Gottardini (2 years ago)
Beautiful patrician villa

L G (4 years ago)
Nice villa with a beautiful park.

Ya Ya (4 years ago)
Nice ?

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