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The monumental structure in baroque
style, quite rare in Veneto, is enriched
by many decorative elements of the Palladian tradition. A side of the villa is an
imposing structure, with twelve arches,
which connects the new building to the
existing fourteenth-century court. An interesting part of the complex is the hillside amphitheater for outdoor performances. Inside the villa we can admire
the vintage kitchen which houses the
collection of branches and red marble
sink which Napoleon wanted to bring
to the Louvre. There are also rooms with
four-poster beds, the plebiscite salon
and the billiards room and large dining
halls that testify the decor and the history
of past centuries.
Rural environments, their furniture and
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farm tools are described in the “Vita quotidiana e lavoro in villa” (Everyday life and
work in the Villa) museum. It is housed in
the barn, in the premises of the old carpentry, and keeps good custody of any
instruments used in the past: planes,
saws, chisels, gauges, gimlets. The peasant life in the farm is also described by
the house of the steward, carefully restored, where we can visit the kitchen, the
bedroom and the frame, the cellar and
the room for the laundry. In the barns, in
addition, numerous machines and tools
from the XIX century are collected, while
in the exterior there is a collection of ancient agricultural engines and tractors,
sign of the change occurred in the last
century of the work in the fields, as a result of mechanization.