| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Location | Lugo di Vicenza, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy |
| Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
| Reference | 712bis-024 |
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
| Extensions | 1996 |
| Area | 2.78 ha (6.9 acres) |
| Website | www |
| Coordinates | 45°44′44″N 11°32′05″E / 45.74565°N 11.53472°E |
  Location of Villa Godi in Veneto  Villa Godi (Italy) | |
Villa Godi is a patrician villa in Lugo di Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It was one of the first projects by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph I quattro libri dell'architettura. The work was commissioned by the brothers Girolamo, Pietro and Marcantonio Godi, started in 1537 and concluded in 1542, with later modifications to the rear entry and gardens.
The villa has been designated by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". The villa and extensive gardens are open to the public in the afternoon, year round. The building also houses a museum of archeology in the basement, with hundreds of fossils of plant and animal life in the region. Its large park was laid out in the 19th century and was used as a film location for Senso.