Reg.Nr. 94/IT/03

Villa Saraceno, Finale d'Agugliaro

Villa Saraceno, a Veneto farming villa to which a new owner's house was added by Andrea Palladio about 1546, was acquired by the UK-based Landmark Trust in 1989. Abandoned 15 years earlier, it was suffering terribly from damp and vandalism and all the villa's buildings were in an ...
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Project details

Title:Villa Saraceno, Finale d'Agugliaro
Entr. year: 1994
Result:Diploma
Country: Italy
Town: Finale d'Agugliaro, Vicenza (Veneto)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: residential building
Former use:Manor house
Actual use:Holiday rental, some spaces open to the public between april and october
Built: 16th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Andrea Palladio, Architect , Francesco Doglioni (Feltre - IT) - Ilaria Cavaggioni (Vicenza -IT), Architects
The Jury's citation: "For the extensive restoration and conservation of the beautifully decorated Villa Saraceno, designed by Palladio, securing its future use and maintenance"
GPS:45°18'36.2"N 11°34'28.3"E
Web, Links:

www.landmarktrust.org.uk/landmark-italia/italia_villa_saraceno/

Description:
Villa Saraceno, a Veneto farming villa to which a new owner's house was added by Andrea Palladio about 1546, was acquired by the UK-based Landmark Trust in 1989. Abandoned 15 years earlier, it was suffering terribly from damp and vandalism and all the villa's buildings were in an advanced state of decay. The aim of the Trust was to restore the complex, including extensive structural repairs, recovery of Palladio's floor plan and fenestration and the conservation of surviving 16th century plastered surfaces and contemporary frescoed friezes. Its future use and maintenance has been secured letting it for holidays.