The most exquisite villa on the Brenta Riviera, Villa Pisani Nazionale di Stra, was built in the 18th century on the commission of the wealthy and prestigious Venetian Pisani family, who owned multiple properties in the area... #tuttitaly
The splendid Villa Pisani overlooks the Naviglio del Brenta. It comprises 168 rooms and covers an area of 15,000 square meters. The villa is now home to a national museum that preserves works of art and furnishings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The construction of the Villa Pisani began in 1721 on a project by Gerolamo Frigimelica. The latter died in 1732. After his death, Alvise Pisani (one of the six brothers of the family), to complete the works on the villa in Stra, commissioned the noble architect Francesco Maria Preti for the project. In 1756 the works were completed.
Due to the French Revolution, Venice loses its economic and political importance. This determines the impoverishment of the Pisan coffers. In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte bought the villa from the Pisani family for the ruler of Italy, Eugenio di Beauharnais.
The whole series of decorations in the palace rooms are entirely adapted to the new imperial taste.
The rooms are named according to the use or the special guest who stayed there; the most important is Napoleon's room.
In 1868, Villa Pisani became state property; in 1884, it became a museum.
In 1934 the villa hosted the first official meeting between Mussolini and Hitler.
Today tourists can enter and visit the villa, the park, and its labyrinth of box hedges.
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