The History of the Villa and its Architectural Structure.
The Villa stands through the bends outlined by passing of the centuries and by the streams of the river Adige.
The style of structure can be identified as country and manor. Its origin goes back to at least the 1600s and during this period it was owned by the Guerrieri Counts, a noble family from Verona.
Thereafter, the palace was owned by the Rizzardi Family, them too were well known Counts of the Veronese entourage period.
The Rizzardi Family owned the Villa up the 1980s.
From the 1600s to 1816, the Palace substantially remained a holiday house in the countryside with numerous farms. It was only later that the Villa was value for its original and elegant Gothic Oriental-style façade.
The History of the Villa and its Architectural Structure.
Furthermore, it is assumed with great likelihood that during this initial period of its history, the Villa was used not only as a secondary residence, but also as a shelter for animals and as a deposit for wheat and flour.
In fact, the structure of the Villa during this period cannot be traced back to that of a traditional countryside Villa from Veneto. The Villa actually represents a complex and articulated wholeness. It is about a fact of an independent unity, which grounds its self-sufficiency on a very close and symbolic tie with the bordering region and with the river Adige a little after the fence.
The History of the Villa and its Architectural Structure.
To meet what we are able to admire today, the appearance of the Villa was modified between 1816 and 1846 to coincide with the historical event that nevertheless does not have any written evidence. But it is indeed that because of this unknown event, the impressive Gothic Venetian facade was built.
These structural changes raise the value perception that is associated with the Palace, as it makes it magnificent and mainly gives
the palace a perfect visual balance with the surrounding areas. However, this great complex maintains its ordinary structure globally.
The west wing of the Palace was used for the livestock and the barns were interposed on the farm workers’ dwellings. The central part was used as storerooms and deposits while the east wing constituted the sharecropper’s house.
