Villa Loredan at Carbonera
The exterior of the Villa Loredan
Alternative namesVilla Loredan Valier Perocco
Etymologyby the Loredan family
General information
AddressVia Valier 28
Town or cityVascon, Carbonera
Country Italy
Construction started1688
Completed1720
OwnerPerocco di Meduna family
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
DeveloperGiovanni Loredan

The Villa Loredan at Carbonera, also known as Villa Loredan Valier Perocco, is a 17th-century aristocratic villa located in Vascon, a district of Carbonera in the northern Italian region of Veneto.

History

The villa was first mentioned in 1688 when construction was started through a commission of Giovanni Loredan, a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan family.[1] The villa was enriched by the Loredan brothers Antonio and Alvise. After having been a property of the family for two centuries, the villa changed ownership several times toward the end of the 19th century, and then, from 1867 to 1940, it belonged to the noble Valier family, also of Venice. After a period of decline, the villa was purchased in 1951 by the Perocco di Meduna family, who renovated it and still own it today. The villa is not open to the public.

Description

The villa consists of a monumental central block flanked horizontally by two porticoed barchesse, intended to house the servants, which are arranged in an entirely symmetrical position. At its centre, the façade contains four Ionic semicolumns and a triangular tympanum; this neo-Palladian motif is presumably an 18th-century addition, as are the sections which connect the main block to the two barchesse.[2] Inside, on the upper floor, there is a spectacular double-height hall with balconies at the ends, entirely frescoed by the Venetian painters Gerolamo Brusaferro and Niccolò Bambini, and by perspective painters probably from Emilia. These were commissioned around 1720 by the Loredan owners. The frescoes contain extraordinary depictions of episodes of ancient Roman history, and the ensemble is certainly one of the greatest examples of Baroque pictorial decoration in the Veneto. Very remarkable is the original architecture of the public/private oratory, dedicated to the Madonna of Loreto, detached from the villa and facing the front road. The oratory has a circular plan with a united triple apse presbytery.[3]

The overall architectural effect of the villa, which is predominantly horizontal, fits well into the flat countryside of the March of Treviso.

Bibliography

  • F. Monicelli, S. Montagner, Guida alle ville venete, Demetra, Verona, 2000.

References

  1. ↑ "Villa Loredan at Carbonera". bicycle.bonavoglia.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ↑ Scarpari, Gianfranco (2007). Le ville venete (in Italian). Rome: Newton Compton. pp. 103–104.
  3. ↑ "VILLA VALIER LOREDAN PEROCCO DI MEDUNA | I Luoghi del Cuore - FAI". fondoambiente.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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