Villa Patella detta del Doge

The Palazzo dei Patella is an imposing building constructed during the Renaissance, featuring a mixed Venetian-Ferrara architectural style. The majestic and well-proportioned building has two facades that are quite different from one another. The one facing the Adigetto canal has rather austere features emphasized by the rustication around the windows and the arched doors. The rear facade, more solemn, presents five full arches and a triforium in the center of the first floor, certainly of Venetian origin.

Excellences of the villa: The building has been home to the municipality of Villadose since 1923. On the ground floor, there is the museum of the "Roman Centuration," which houses about 400 artifacts collected from the great Roman centuration identified in the countryside between Adria and Rovigo.

The Archaeological Group of Villadose has set up, on behalf of the Municipality, "the Educational Archaeological Exhibition on the Roman Centuration," which only displays the artifacts collected from the aforementioned centuration and is hosted in the ancient residence of the Patella family, which has been the Town Hall since 1923. The Patella family settled in Rovigo and then in Villadose after Borso d'Este invested them with the fief of Villadose in 1470. The building can be dated between the late 1500s and early 1600s and shows influences from Ferrara. The municipal territory of Villadose is entirely occupied by the ancient agrarian layout, and within the grids of cardines and decumani, as many as 108 archaeological sites from the Roman era have been identified. The rooms on the noble floor are also worth visiting.

Excellences of the context: Villadose is located on the central connecting road exactly halfway between Rovigo and Adria, which are easily reachable. It is also crossed by the Adigetto river, and rural architecture villas are remembered that stretch around it from the district of Canale di Villadose to that of Cambio di Villadose. Not far from the center, we remember Villa Frassino, a villa that is now a venue for conventions and weddings, featuring the oldest Frassino excelsior plant in the Province of Rovigo.