Villa Badoer

Villa Badoer
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Villa Badoer
LocationFratta Polesine, province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
Part ofCity of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
CriteriaCultural: (i), (ii)
Reference712bis-024
Inscription1994 (18th Session)
Extensions1996
Coordinates45°1′49.27″N 11°38′23.50″E / 45.0303528°N 11.6398611°E / 45.0303528; 11.6398611
Villa Badoer is located in Veneto
Villa Badoer
Location of Villa Badoer in Veneto
Villa Badoer is located in Italy
Villa Badoer
Villa Badoer (Italy)

Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556[1] by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563 on the site of a medieval castle, which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the façade of a villa.

Villa Badoer has been part since 1996 of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".[2]

The building is open to the public and one of the wings houses the Museo archeologico nazionale di Fratta Polesine, opened in 2009.[3]

  1. ^ Archival research by Lionello Puppi resulted in a sound date of 1556 for the commission, putting to rest estimated dates ranging as early as 1548 (Zorzi) and as late as c. 1566 (Wittkower).
  2. ^ World Heritage Site: Palladian Villas of the Veneto
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference museo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).