CXVENICE | MESTRE, VENICE CXVenice | Mestre opens its doors just a stone’s throw from Venice, in a well-connected area close to the city’s main institutions. Spanning over 14,000 square meters, this modern accommodation facility for university students offers 284 single and double rooms, for a total of 568 beds.[…]
The Castello di Roncade is one of the most unique examples of living Renaissance architecture in Northern Italy. It is the only pre-Palladian villa to be surrounded by Medieval walls with crenellations and towers. The castle stands right in the heart of Roncade, a small town in the Veneto countryside[…]
The Castello di Thiene displays many varied characteristics that make it difficult to describe, a unique example in the history of architecture in the Veneto. Called a “castello” (castle) due to its ramparts crowned with merlons and the severe fortified walls that delineate the property, in reality the structure has[…]
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini is a non-profit cultural institution based in Venice, Italy. It was founded by Vittorio Cini in memory of his son Giorgio, with the aim of restoring the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore (devastated after 150 years of military occupation) and of creating an international cultural centre that[…]
The Frassanelle park extends for more than 60 hectares at the foot of the northern offshoots of the Euganean Hills Regional Park, halfway between the cities of Padua and Vicenza. Its strategic position, very close to the main communication routes, makes it an excellent starting point to visit all the beauties of the Veneto region,[…]
The building we see today in the heart of Vicenza’s historic center stands on much older foundations, most likely dating back to Roman times.The original core, featuring an elegant Venetian Gothic façade, dates to the 14th century and corresponds to the section overlooking Corso Palladio and Contrà San Gaetano.The construction[…]
Palazzo Malmignati is an imposing building overlooking the Adigetto, along the San Biagio di Lendinara riviera, in the province of Rovigo. Probably built on the ruins of the medieval castle of the Cattaneo family, lords of Lendinara, the palace was built around 1705 and around 1716, according to a project[…]
Palazzo Tiepolo Passi is located in Venice in the San Polo district on the right side of the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Pisani Moretta and Palazzo Tiepoletto.Built in the mid-16th century, its Lombard-style façade, the designer of which is unknown, is Renaissance; it develops on a central axis, which extends[…]
Palazzo Guarnieri is located in the very centre of Feltre (Bl), in the Piazza Maggiore, an ancient city in the Dolomiti National Park, Unesco heritage. The angle of a XVth Century house, with its gothic windows, which had survived the catastrophic fire of 1510, inspired the architect Giuseppe Segusini, who[…]
The Villa Albrizzi complex includes the villa, called the Barchessa, a festival pavilion with original stucco from the late 18th century, and a park in 19th century style. It is located at the edge of the city of Este, a few hundred meters from the Duomo and Piazza Maggiore. The[…]
