The Villa Loredan at Carbonera, also known as Villa Loredan Valier Perocco, is a 17th-century aristocratic villa located in Vascon, a district of
Carbonera in the northern Italian region of
Veneto.
History
The villa was first mentioned in 1688 when construction was started through a commission of Giovanni Loredan, a Venetian nobleman of the
Loredan family. The villa was enriched by the Loredan brothers Antonio and Alvise. After having been a property of the family for two centuries, the villa changed ownership several times toward the end of the 19th century, and then, from 1867 to 1940, it belonged to the noble Valier family, also of Venice. After a period of decline, the villa was purchased in 1951 by the Perocco di Meduna family, who renovated it and still own it today. The villa is not open to the public.
Description
The villa consists of a monumental central block flanked horizontally by two porticoed barchesse, intended to house the servants, which are arranged in an entirely symmetrical position. At its centre, the façade contains four
Ionic semicolumns and a triangular
tympanum; this
neo-Palladian motif is presumably an 18th-century addition, as are the sections which connect the main block to the two barchesse. Inside, on the upper floor, there is a spectacular double-height hall with balconies at the ends, entirely
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
ed by the Venetian painters
Gerolamo Brusaferro and
Niccolò Bambini
Niccolò Bambini (1651–1736) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods.
Biography
He was born in Venice in 1651, and first studied under Giulio Mazzoni at Venice. To this period belong the ceiling of the church o ...
, and by perspective painters probably from
Emilia
Emilia may refer to:
People
* Emilia (given name), list of people with this name
Places
* Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia
* Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...
. These were commissioned around 1720 by the
Loredan owners. The frescoes contain extraordinary depictions of episodes of
ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...
history, and the ensemble is certainly one of the greatest examples of
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
pictorial decoration in the Veneto. Very remarkable is the original architecture of the public/private
oratory, dedicated to the
Madonna of Loreto
The ''Madonna of Loreto'' is an oil on panel painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, executed ''c.'' 1511. It is housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly, France.
For centuries the painting kept company with Raphael's ''Portr ...
, detached from the villa and facing the front road. The oratory has a circular plan with a united triple apse presbytery.
The overall architectural effect of the villa, which is predominantly horizontal, fits well into the flat countryside of the
March of Treviso
The March of Treviso ( la, Marca trevisana, it, Marca trevigiana or ) was a medieval territory in Venetia, between the Garda and the Julian March. The territory corresponded roughly to the region around the city of Treviso, including Belluno, F ...
.
Gallery
File:Villa Loredan at Carbonera, entrance.jpg
File:Villa Loredan at Carbonera, frescoed interior.jpg
File:Villa Loredan at Carbonera, interior frescoes.jpg
File:Villa Loredan at Carbonera, interior.jpg
File:Villa Loredan at Carbonera, oratory.jpg
Bibliography
* F. Monicelli, S. Montagner, ''Guida alle ville venete'', Demetra, Verona, 2000.
References
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Villas in Veneto