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The Animated Visit® is represented outdoors, among the magnificent park and large courtyards of the villa and traces the history of Villa Pisani, dwelling on the history of the Serenissima from the first decades of the eighteenth century, when the ancient residence in Stra, on the Riviera del Brenta, belonging to the Pisani di Santo Stefano was completely transformed into a monumental complex set in a 14-hectare park.
The waning of the Dominant was not yet intuitable, when the large residential complex was conceived and built with the purpose of welcoming and hosting, with due pomp, nobles and powerful people of Venice and Europe to demonstrate the wealth and prestige of the lineage. The goal was to achieve the coveted position of Doge that Alvise Domenico Pisani would hold from 1735 to 1741, the year of his death.
The Villa would remain the property of the Pisani family until 1807, the year in which it was put up for sale due to the family's severe financial distress, caused by the huge expenses of the lavish standard of living, serious gambling debts and also the negative repercussions on the family as a result of the political and economic changes that came with the end of the Serenissima; the villa was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte, who had stayed there as a guest.
Prominent female figures of this period who inhabited the Riviera villa include Marina Sagredo Pisani, wife and young widow of Andrea Pisani (Ermolao Alvise I), remembered for her passionate and unconventional prominence in the arts and society.
The lively tour also recalls that during this period the villa was decorated with the large frescoed ceiling of the ballroom in which Gianbattista Tiepolo, about to leave Venice forever for the Spanish court, painted "The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family." Many critics believe that the artist portrayed precisely Marina Sagredo as the allegory of Venice.
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The Doge's Villa: the history of Villa Pisani and the Serenissima
by €15.00
Included services and info
Italian
In public places dogs must be leashed.
Not included in the ticket is the entrance fee of 9 euros to the villa.
30039 Stra VE, Italia
Directions.100% refund for cancellations up to 48 hours before the experience

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