Editing Veneto (section)

===Palladian Villas of Veneto===
[[File:Villa Barbaro Maser barchesse.jpg|thumb|right| [[Villa Barbaro]]]]
[[File:Larotonda2009.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Villa Capra "La Rotonda"]]]]
[[File:Villa Badoer-Scalinata.jpg|thumb|right|[[Villa Badoer]]]]
[[File:Villa Foscari 20070710-1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Villa Malcontenta]]]]
[[File:VillaPisani Bagnolo 2007 07 06 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Villa Pisani (Bagnolo)]]]]
[[Vicenza]] and the [[Palladian Villas of Veneto]] are a number of [[Palladio|Palladian]] villas which are [[World Heritage Site]]s. UNESCO inscribed the site on the [[World Heritage List]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/712 |title=UNESCO World heritage site number 712 |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |access-date=2010-04-24}}</ref> At first the site was called "Vicenza, City of Palladio" and only buildings in the immediate area of [[Vicenza]] were included. Various types of buildings were represented including the [[Teatro Olimpico]], ''[[Palazzo|palazzi]]'' and a few [[villa]]s. Most of Palladio's surviving villas lay outside the site. However, in 1996 the number of [[Palladian]] villas included in the site was expanded to include those in other parts of Veneto. The site was given its present name.

The term villa was used to describe a country house. Often rich families in Veneto also had a house in town called a palazzo. In most cases the owners named their palazzi and villas with the family surname, hence there is both a [[Palazzo Chiericati]] in Vicenza and a [[Villa Chiericati]] in the countryside, similarly there is a [[Ca' Foscari|Palazzo Foscari]] in [[Venice]] and a [[Villa Foscari]] in the countryside. Somewhat confusingly there are multiple [[Villa Pisani (disambiguation)|Villas Pisani]], including two by Palladio.

There are these sorts of villas all over the Venetian plain, but especially in the provinces of [[Treviso]], [[Padua]], [[Vicenza]] and [[Venice]]. The date of construction of these villas ranges from the 15th to the 19th century. There are approximately five thousand Ville Venete, of which 1,400 are declared of historical and monumental interest.

Apart from the numerous Palladian villas, of which 24 are protected by [[UNESCO]], there are many villas spread across Veneto, mainly from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Many of them are museums, public institutions or private residences.
The 24 Palladian villas which are part of [[UNESCO]]:
* [[Villa Almerico Capra]], also called "La Rotonda" ([[Vicenza]])
* [[Villa Gazzotti Grimani]] ([[Vicenza]], but in the village of Bertesina)
* [[Villa Angarano]], also known as Villa Bianchi Michiel ([[Bassano del Grappa]] [[Provincia di Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Caldogno]] ([[Caldogno]] [[Provincia di Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Chiericati]] (Vancimuglio di [[Grumolo delle Abbadesse]] [[Provincia di Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Forni Cerato]] ([[Montecchio Precalcino]] [[Provincia di Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Godi]] (Lonedo di [[Lugo di Vicenza]])
* [[Villa Pisani (Bagnolo di Lonigo)|Villa Pisani]] (Bagnolo di [[Lonigo]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Pojana]] ([[Poiana Maggiore]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Saraceno]] ([[Agugliaro]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Thiene]] ([[Quinto Vicentino]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Trissino (Meledo di Sarego)|Villa Trissino]] (Meledo di [[Sarego]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Trissino (Cricoli)|Villa Trissino]] ([[Vicenza]], in Cricoli)
* [[Villa Valmarana (Lisiera)|Villa Valmarana]] (Lisiera di [[Bolzano Vicentino]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Valmarana (Vigardolo)|Villa Valmarana]] (Vigardolo di [[Monticello Conte Otto]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Piovene]] ([[Lugo di Vicenza]] [[Province of Vicenza|VI]])
* [[Villa Badoer]], called "La Badoera" ([[Fratta Polesine]] [[Province of Rovigo|RO]])
* [[Villa Barbaro]] ([[Maser]] [[TV]])
* [[Villa Emo]] ([[Vedelago]] [[TV]])
* [[Villa Zeno]] ([[Cessalto]] [[TV]])
* [[Villa Foscari]], called La Malcontenta ([[Mira]] [[Province of Venice|VE]])
* [[Villa Pisani (Montagnana)|Villa Pisani]] ([[Montagnana]] [[Provincia di Padova|PD]])
* [[Villa Cornaro]] ([[Piombino Dese]] [[Provincia di Padova|PD]])
* [[Villa Serego]] (Santa Sofia di [[Pedemonte]] [[Provincia di Vicenza|VI]])

Amongst these, [[Villa Trissino (Cricoli)]] is not regarded a [[Andrea Palladio|Palladian villa]], but is also an important country house.