Loggia And Odeo Cornaro
The Loggia and Odeo Cornaro are two Renaissance architecture, Renaissance buildings, built in the 16th century for the humanist Alvise Cornaro and hosting theater and music performances, locate in via Cesarotti 37 in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. They are now part of the city's museums. History The entrepreneurial Alvise Cornaro (circa 1480–1566) built these two buildings as part of what appears to be a ''villa di delizia'' ("villa of delights"). Cornaro commissioned the buildings to Veronese architect Giovanni Maria Falconetto. The land and gardens on which the ensemble was built were then located at the edge of the city limits. The two story Loggia building was completed in 1524. It has a ground floor loggia or arcade which was presumably used for theatric performances. To the side of this structure is the ''Odeo'', or Odeon (building), Odeum, which has a central octagonal room frescoed with marine motifs and grotteschi, and ringed by niches. The facades of these buildings s ...
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