VILLA BADOER
Villa among the villas of the province of Rovigo, classified as a Unesco heritage site.
Among the villas in the province of Rovigo, the Villa Badoer, also known as "La Badoera", built in 1556 by Andrea Palladio at the request of the Venetian nobleman Francesco Badoer, is the most prestigious. It was built on the site of an ancient castle belonging to the Salinguerra da Este family. Francesco Badoer himself received it from his marriage to the Venetian aristocrat Lucietta Loredan. The villa, the epicenter of the vast agricultural properties, was to demonstrate the quasi-feudal power of the Badoer family over the territory. The imposing facade of the central body, the residence of the noble owners, is accessed by a majestic staircase that opens onto a wide pronaos with six columns. On the sides, two hemicycle porticoes complete the structure. The walls of the pronaos and those of the interior (late 16th century) are decorated with grotesques, works by Giallo Fiorentino representing allegorical figures. The meanings of some of these frescoes are still mysterious, although the mythological allegories of several of them are often linked to the deeds and vicissitudes of the Badoer and Loredan families. Interestingly, the first floor was used as a grain store. The attic has kept the original structure in wood and rushes. In the barchessa (the agricultural shed) of the villa, there is the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. It exhibits the prehistoric remains found in the area, evidence of the first populations of the Po Delta. Villa Badoer is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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