Villa Cordellina Lombardi

Erected by the jurist C. Cordellina in 1735 and completed in 1760, it is attributed to architect Giorgio Massari, with evident inspiration from Palladian schemes. In the villa, Massari indeed pays homage to the art of A. Palladio with the Ionic portico of four columns, surmounted by the tympanum with the sculpted coat of arms of the Cordellina family (three hearts with flax flowers), and with the symmetrical arrangement of the rooms and the two staircases next to the central hall. Noteworthy are the rustic buildings, the interesting sculptural groups, and the vases on the pillars in the garden. The frescoes executed by G.B. Tiepolo in the autumn of 1743 are particularly remarkable. On the ceiling "Nobility and Virtue," and on the walls "The Family of Darius before Alexander" and "The Generosity of Scipio." The villa, currently owned by the Province of Vicenza, due to its magnificence and excellent state of preservation, has been used as a set for numerous films, including a Bollywood production, as well as a Korean television drama.