Villa Trissino
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Villa Trissino is an incomplete aristocratic villa designed by Andrea Palladio. It is situated in the hamlet of Meledo in the comune of Sarego in the Veneto, and was intended for the brothers Ludovico and Francesco Trissino.
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Palladio included the project in his Four Books of Architecture, published in Venice in 1570, but it is debatable how much of the grand design, seen within the book, was followed during the initial construction.
Most of the Palladian villas are often referred to as "patrician" villas, reflecting the fact that they were designed specifically for members of the aristocratic families of Vicenza or Venice. Although the Trissino family were noble, what survives at Meledo is only part of the villa's extending colonnade, which would have been used for the utilitarian functions, something like a farmyard, reflecting the fact that Trissino, like most of the Palladian villas, was the centre of an agricultural estate.
A number of Palladian villas differ from the illustrations in the "Four Books of Architecture". For example, at Villa Saraceno there is a Palladian house, but not the wings of the 1570 design, and Villa Pojana was originally designed with more classical features, devoid of its now famous oculi contained within its serliana. At Villa Trissino, the twenty-first century visitor will find no Palladian house, only the start of the two extending wings can be seen. At the end of the wing, there is a dovecote, a feature also found at Villa Barbaro. The dovecote of Villa Trissino is decorated with frescoes by Forbicino (a Veronese painter mentioned by Vasari), indicating that even within the utilitarian portions of the villa, great care was given to also create aesthetic beauty.
In 1996 Villa Trissino was designated as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and Palladian Villas of the Veneto". Also included in the site is the Villa Trissino Trettenero, which is 20 km away just outside Vicenza.
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Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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