UNESCO World Heritage Site of the 16th century, the Villa di Maser is a inhabited house, a masterpiece by architect Andrea Palladio, and offers year-round visits to the most important fresco cycle by the painter Paolo Veronese.
Thanks to careful work made possible by funds from the European Community, the original residential layout at the center of its agricultural estate, sustained by gardens, orchards, and greenhouses, has recently been restored. Here, through meetings and guided tours, art, history, and innovation are shared, and discussions on nature and sustainability, past and future take place. Among all the Venetian Villas, only in Maser did the intellectual genius of Daniele and Marcantonio Barbaro, patrons of the Villa, meet the innovative vision of Andrea Palladio, the skill and freshness of Paolo Veronese's imagination, and the decorative elegance of Alessandro Vittoria. From the union of these minds, a place came to life that became an expression of the intense artistic and intellectual fervor that was Venice in the 16th century, constituting a milestone in the history of modern architecture.
Today, the cultural hub Villa di Maser shares its treasure of beauty and culture by reaching out to new generations and proposing moments of exchange and research in collaboration with universities, festive seasonal presentations of products from the surrounding lands, workshops for children and adults, readings, concerts, tastings, school visits, and many other initiatives.
