Villa Barbarigo Rezzonico in Noventa Vicentina, also known simply as Villa Barbarigo Rezzonico, is a Venetian villa located in the center of Noventa Vicentina (VI), built in the late 16th century by the nobleman Giacomo Barbarigo. The building, designed by a Venetian architect associated with Vincenzo Scamozzi, is notable for its majestic four-story structure and the barchesse (arcaded wings) that complete it.

From 1836 to 1891, it served as a Mechitarist college. It was then purchased by the municipality, which first used it as a school and later as the Town Hall—a role it continues to serve today. Rich in frescoes by artists such as Maganza, Vassilacchi (known as l’Aliense), Foler, and Luca Ferrari, the villa celebrates the history and virtues of the Barbarigo family through mythological scenes and dogal portraits. The grand ballroom, decorated with The Truth Unveiled by Time, is especially renowned for its acoustics.

Open to visitors by reservation or during special events, it remains one of the town’s most important historical and cultural landmarks.

Ancient, noble 16th century residence built by the powerful Venetian noble family Corner.

It was built as a summer house, a country residence, where one could spend quiet days,  far from the city. It represents the typical elegance of the Venetian villas: the central heart used as a residence, the barchesse on the two sides, the Italian garden, the many cultivated fields.

The majesty of the classicist style, the white colour of the marble. This marvellous building was enlarged and modified over the centuries by the various members of the Corner family. A small jewel, immersed in the Venetian countryside. It bears witness to the beauty of art in all its forms.

Today, part of the villa has been transformed into a hotel, a choice made by the last owners: the Counts Dona' delle Rose.

In this place it is possible to get married and organise cultural and private events. From the gate you can see the great staircase and the statues that protect the entrance and make the rich garden beautiful.

Located in Noventa Vicentina, in the province of Vicenza, Villa Manin Cantarella is one of the most important historic residences in the region. Built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries by Venetian nobles, the villa was renovated in 1883 by architect Antonio Caregaro Negrin, who enhanced its facade and barchesse, giving the building an elegant 19th-century appearance.

Over the centuries, the villa changed ownership, and in 1797, after the fall of the Venetian Republic, it became the property of the Masotto family. It was later purchased in 1882 by Bortolo Cantarella, who entrusted its final renovation.

Characterized by a large central hall, fine frescoes, and a vast park, the villa is a perfect example of Venetian architecture. The barchesse, with their large arches, reflect the agricultural activity that once dominated the area.

Today, Villa Manin Cantarella hosts cultural and private events and has been carefully restored, bringing the park back to its former glory. The villa, with its artistic discoveries and history, is one of the most fascinating residences in the province of Vicenza.

The Papadopoli Giol Castle includes: the Castle, the Historical Park, and the Ancient Cellars.
Villa Papadopoli Giol, known as the "Castle," is a palace in English neo-Gothic style, also known as Tudor style, built in the late 19th century by the Papadopoli Counts. The imposing structure of the building immediately catches the observer's eye, while the tall crenellated towers with bow windows, the chimneys masked by pinnacles, and the pointed arches give the impression of being in front of a true medieval castle.

The side of the Castle that faces Piazza Nicolò Papadopoli and the village church is not actually the most important facade (the main entrance indeed faces the park), but it is certainly equally charming. Between the building and the large entrance gate, under tall plane trees, stands the beautiful and large fountain made up of three tiers of basins. The largest, featuring four crouching lions oriented towards the cardinal points, collects the overflowing water which cascades down in jets and sprays from the two upper tiers, supported by a slender central column.

Classic example of a Dominical Villa with a manor house, "Barchessa," and park, of prominent historical and artistic interest: listed in 1761, its current form dates back to the late seventeenth century. The Villa appears severe, softened by elegant triforas, with a gabled roof: having lost its exterior frescoes, it retains an entrance portal made of stone blocks. Mentioned in the late sixteenth century, in his will of 1681 Francesco Agazzi bequeaths it to his male children, who were responsible for the expansion to four floors and the construction of the Barchessa in 1691. Merchants from Bergamasco, the Agazzi family arrived in Venice in the late sixteenth century: the branch of S. Cassiano obtained Original Citizenship in 1593, allied itself with Pope Alexander VIII, and saw Marco Agazzi become Bishop of Ceneda in 1691. The branch of S. Severo acquired the Villa in the mid-seventeenth century, which they maintained until 1807; listed in the Austrian Land Registry of 1841 under the name of Co. Camillo Manfredini, their heir, it came into current ownership in the twentieth century.

Excellences of the villa: Villa Correr Agazzi is a significant example of the political, social, and economic history known as "Civiltà di Villa," promoted and realized by the Serenissima between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The historical and cultural value of Villa Correr Agazzi lies in its preservation of its function as a place designed for the management of the agricultural activities of Venetian noble families following the Serenissima's expansion into the mainland, but also as a site for leisure and cultural enrichment. The Villa is surrounded by a large Ancient Park and embellished by a Barchessa on the left side of the building, two stories high, with exposed beams and cobblestone flooring. Recently, interesting internal decorations dating from the late seventeenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century have been unearthed within the Villa. Notable is the site of an ancient secret passage that led from the Villa to the riverbank of the Livenza, useful for accessing the landing stage but also a providential escape route.

Excellences of the context: Concordia Sagittaria, a Roman city; Remains of the Roman Consular Road Annia which connected Rome to Aquileia; Corbolone, the church of S. Marco with paintings from the sixteenth century; River landscape of the Livenza; riverbank path; Naturalistic trails in the floodplain woods of Bandiziol and Prassaccon; Wine-growing areas (Annone Veneto, Pramaggiore, Lison); wineries of the producers. Portogruaro, a medieval city. Medieval Abbey of Summaga, Caorle, a picturesque town with Venetian influences and a seaside resort.

The Palace of the Magnificent Community of Mel is an elegant building whose construction began in 1510 and is now the seat of the Municipality of Borgo Valbelluna.

Above the roof, a small turret is noticeable, probably painted by Giovanni da Mel or his brother Marco, in which the large clock that was originally located in the bell tower destroyed by lightning in 1756 was placed. The entrance consists of a spacious loggia with semicircular arches and cross vaults supported on the outside by columns with Ionic capitals.

One can observe the sculpted coat of arms of the Zorzi family, counts of Mel from 1422 to 1720, embedded to the right of the entrance door, and the grills of the prisons from which the condemned would hear the sentence being read in the loggia. The loggia was a large hall frescoed by Giovanni da Mel with solid wood stalls, unfortunately lost during a severe fire in 1633. Access to the first floor is via a wide stone staircase leading to the main hall of the Palace facing the square through an artistic pentafora.

It was frescoed by Marco da Mel in 1545, as can be read from the date placed above the trifora in the hall itself. The theme of the frescoes references some scenes from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. On the east-facing wall, opposite the entrance, the fourth canto is taken up and although the fresco is fragmentary, some characters such as the wizard Brunello tied to the tree, the hippogriff, and the castle of Atlante are evident, along with homes, fortified cities, and small horse-riding figures in the background. Above the entrance, the painter is inspired by the thirty-third canto with Astolfo on the hippogriff arriving in Ethiopia to help the king threatened by the harpies, and to the right is the palace with elegant loggias where the king and the court feast.

Majestic decorative bands follow on the wide walls.

On the wall looking towards the Prealps, the portraits of Lucrezia and Costantino Zorzi, counts of Zumelle, painted between the end of the 1500s and the beginning of the 1600s and attributed to Domenico Tintoretto, son of Jacopo, stand out.

On the top floor, the mechanism that regulated the original clock of the tower is visible. Finally, in the council chamber, two paintings by the Zumellese painter Luigi Cima can be admired.

The garden of the Villa is open to visitors, but the main building of the Villa is not, as it is reserved for various associations that operate in the social sector, such as a nursing home for the elderly. 

The side building, however, houses the Municipal Library.

The Historic Park represents one of the rare examples of a garden that has survived to our time, designed according to scenographic criteria capable of creating panoramic illusions of a particular effect. The so-called English garden, in this case designed by the famous set designer Francesco Bagnara.

Hours of the Historic Park

From May to September: WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY continuously from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Free entry.

Possibility of guided tours (049 9471066)

The large complex of the villa in Galliera Veneta, located in the immediate vicinity of the town center, is the result of a series of transformations carried out in different eras; however, the origins of the oldest nucleus date back to the 16th century. In 1518, Pietro Capello declared ownership of a manor house with agricultural annexes, a dove tower, a vegetable garden, and an orchard, which was expanded in the following century following the concession by the Republic of Venice to use the water from the Brenta River for the feeding of a canal. At the death of Andrea Capello in 1796, the estate must have been significantly larger, as the estimated inheritance cited not only a manor house but also a barn, a small chapel, stables, other buildings, and a garden with two fish ponds and a small lake. In 1821, the villa was purchased by the Comello family, who were responsible for the arrangement of the garden, which the renowned set designer Francesco Bagnara transformed into an English park, modifying the previous geometric organization of the Renaissance garden by introducing waterways, elevations, and the planting of rare tree species. When, in 1858, the residence and the surrounding lands were purchased by Anna Maria of Savoy, wife of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, the architectural structures and the park underwent a new intervention, which was handled by Francesco Bortolami. To the main facade, now facing the main road, a balcony, a pediment, and a small belvedere tower were added, and some renovation works also affected the lateral wings. The new owner, giving the villa its Imperial name, also wanted the construction of a chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Mary, even though the western barn already housed a private oratory. In the second half of the last century, the complex, purchased by INPS, underwent a decisive change in functional destination and was converted into a hospital, while the garden was partly stripped of its original appearance. Today, the exteriors appear to be in fair condition, unlike the interiors, which have been repeatedly transformed in their layout and finishes.

Villa Contarini is located in Piazzola sul Brenta, a few kilometers from Padua and Vicenza, on the remains of an ancient castle built by the Dente family around the year 1000 AC. Acquired by the Carraresi, lords of Padua, it was inherited by a member of the Contarini family.

It is assumed that the initial project was by the architect Palladio.

Until the second half of the seventeenth century the Villa remained a rural residence. It was, in fact, Marco Contarini, Procurator of San Marco, who expanded the building making it similar to a palace and making it an extraordinary "theatrical place". After a long period of abandonment, the complex was purchased by the Camerini family who brought it back to its former glory, completing it according to the taste of nineteenth-century eclecticism. After this the Villa underwent a new period of abandonment until its purchase, in the middle of the last century, by the prof. G.E. Ghirardi and the subsequent transfer to the Foundation named after him.

Since 2005 the Villa has been owned by the Veneto Region, currently engaged in its valorisation. It periodically hosts concerts and cultural events as well as being an ideal place to host public and private conferences, meetings and receptions.