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Villa Loredan At Stra
The Villa Loredan at Stra is an early 16th-century villa of the noble House of Loredan, Loredan family located in the town of Stra, on the Brenta (river), Brenta river in the Veneto region of northeast Italy. History Villa Loredan was originally part of a single property which included the opposite building, from which it is now separated by a wire fence. It was therefore a villa complex consisting of two symmetrical building blocks, separated by a courtyard and closed all around by a boundary wall, owned by the Venetian patrician House of Loredan, Loredan family. It was built in the very early years of the sixteenth century, with shapes and qualities capable of arousing the admiration of contemporaries. Originally the two buildings were called one ''"of the women"'' and the other ''"of the men"''. With the election as Doge (title), Doge in 1752, Francesco Loredan decided to intervene on the villa to make it more in keeping with the rank and prestige achieved: between 1754 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenta (river)
The Brenta is an Italian river that runs from Trentino to the Adriatic Sea just south of the Venetian lagoon in the Veneto region, in the north-east of Italy. During the Roman era, it was called Medoacus (Ancient Greek: ''Mediochos'', ''Μηδειοχος'') and near Padua it divided in two branches, Medoacus Maior (Greater Medoacus) and Medoacus Minor (Lesser Medoacus). The river changed its course in the early Middle Ages, and its former bed through Padua was occupied by the Bacchiglione. It is long and was first channelled in the 16th century when a long canal was built from the village of Stra to the Adriatic Sea, bypassing the Venetian lagoon. A branch of the Brenta, named '' Naviglio del Brenta'', was left to connect directly Venice and Padua (which was a kind of second capital of the Venice Republic). It runs through Stra, Fiesso d'Artico, Dolo, Mira, Oriago and Malcontenta to Fusina (which is part of the comune of Venice). Starting in the 16th century, many large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
