From patrician home of the Serenissima to icon of contemporary hospitality
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
The 16th-century villa that now houses the hotel belonged to the noble Foscarini family, one of Venice's oldest and most prestigious dynasties. Located on the Venetian mainland, that area for a long time was part of the Serenissima Republic, which extended its influence not only by sea but also inland, managing and enhancing agricultural and productive areas.
The mansion was not only an aristocratic retreat, but also a testament to the Venetian strategy of owning and enhancing the villas of the “dominion from the land,” where patrician families established residences, administered estates, and asserted their relevance in the territory.
The building is characterized by an architectural style with very simple lines: square-plan and three-story, the façade is adorned with a small balcony topped by a small tympanum, while along the ground floor runs a faux ashlar that lends elegance and solidity without weighing down the forms.
Over the centuries the villa has changed several owners, including the Giustinian, Andrighetti, Bianchi and Palma families, and in the early 20th century it was the operational headquarters of the XII Army Corps of the Arditi of the Royal Italian Army during World War I. This layered past makes the building a place where history, society, economy and culture overlap, offering today a regenerated and contemporary environment.
The large Italian-style park and original spaces retain symbolic value: they were designed to represent Venetian power on the mainland and, at the same time, to accommodate daily life, production, and vacationing. Today this legacy is renewed through a welcome that combines elegance and technology, memory and future.
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
Over the centuries the villa has changed several owners, including the Giustinian, Andrighetti, Bianchi and Palma families, and in the early 20th century it was the operational headquarters of the XII Army Corps of the Arditi of the Royal Italian Army during World War I. This layered past makes the building a place where history, society, economy and culture overlap, offering today a regenerated and contemporary environment.
The large Italian-style park and original spaces retain symbolic value: they were designed to represent Venetian power on the mainland and, at the same time, to accommodate daily life, production, and vacationing. Today this legacy is renewed through a welcome that combines elegance and technology, memory and future.
Photo courtesy of Paolo Padovan
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