Villa Godi Malinverni is the first villa realized by Andrea Palladio in 1542 and dominates the valley of Astico, a natural landscape of rare beauty. English gardens and statues by Albanese and Marinali ornant the facade of the property ex-tends to a secular park with italian style gardens, pleasant small lakes and immense expanses of green. The official floor “piano nobile 2 of the central body of the villa is composed of a loggia with a splendid view which leads onto nine parlors frescoed by great artists such as Zelotti, Battista del Moro and Padovano.
The rooms are perfectly furnished with original Italian pieces from the 1600 and 1700's. On the ground floor there is a large kitchen with its original flooring (considered one of the most characteristic of its period) which dates back to the 1500's. In addition, the villa houses the important Museo dei Fossili ( the Museum of Fossils) founded during the second half of the 1800's that houses the longest palm tree fossil in the world ( a good 9 meters long). The last jewel of the structure is the meeting room. Completly climatically controlled, it holds a capacity of 200 persons. Its walls are enriched with a collection of italian paintings from the 1800's and by the famous “La strega” painting by Annigoni.
Via Palladio, n° 44 - 36030 Lugo di Vicenza
Tel: +39 0445 860561 Fax: +39 0445 860806
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