Villa Piovene Porto Godi

Earl Tommaso Piovene commissioned this sumptuous dwelling in 1514; some decades later it was restored and enlarged. Though some of its features are typical of Palladio – a central body with a front completed by a gable and two large colonnaded barchesse – its author is still uncertain. At the beginning of the Eighteenth century architect Francesco Muttoni intervened on the villa and designed the external changes with the main entrance, enriched with statues and wrought iron pieces, magnificient steps, Italian-style gardens. Also the large English-style garden is worth a visit, with its silent alleys, the grottos and century-old trees, indlucing big cedars of lebanon; it was  designed by A. Piovene at the beginning of the Nineteenth century. Within this environmental context, the private oratory of San Girolamo, built in 1496, fits in perfectly.

Thiene e la Pedemontana Vicentina. Arte, colori e sapori dall’Astico al Brenta.