Surroundings
Villa Tron Mioni stands half way between Padua and Venice along the banks of the Brenta Canal, where Venetian aristocratic families built hundreds of beautiful country houses in a magic setting of willows, tamarisk and sycamore trees.
To go up the Brenta Canal means to follow an extraordinary itinerary that takes you from the mainland to the Venetian Lagoon, amongst architectural masterpieces, historical monuments, gardens and natural oasis suspended between earth and wather, lagoon and earth.
If you start from the lagoon the Brenta Canal is the best gateway to the cultural, artistic, historic, and gastronomic richness of the lands of Veneto.
- La Riviera del Brenta
- Venice
- Padua
- Vicenza
- Verona
- Asolo
- Treviso
- Bassano del Grappa
- A boat trip along the canals
La Riviera Del brenta
The Riviera del Brenta is the area along the Brenta Canal that starts at Stra and flows through Stra, Fiesso d'Artico, Dolo, Mira and Oriago bifore flowing into the Venetian Lagoon.
This area is characterized by the presence of many villas, wich were built between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century by Venetian patrician families, and showed the power of aristocracy at the time.
On those days the Riviera was reached only by boat (via canal), since the present roads were built later. Nobles used to travel on a boat called Burchiello, pulled along the banks by men, oxen or horses, while goods were trasported on boats called Burci.
Today a cruise along the Riviera is still a strong tourist attraction.
- St Mark's Square, Venice
Venice
The heart of the city of Venice is St Mark's Square, by definition the only one to deserve the name of "Piazza" (square), while all the other squares of the city are called "campi" or "campielli".
The Basilica of San Marco stands in the middle of the square, painted in gold and covered by mosaics telling the history of Venice, together with the marvellous engravings showing the months of the year. Over the main door, tthe four bronze horses of Constantinople remaind us of the forth Crusade of 1204. The Greek cross-shaped church is covered by five huge cupolas.
This is the third Basilica devoted to St. Mark to be build in this area: the first two having been destroyed. It seems that this version has been inspired by the church of the Saint Apostles in Costantinople.
The inner part is entirely decorated with gold mosaics showing biblical scenes and allegories. Originally, it was the chapel of the Dogi of the Republic of Venice.
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Padua
The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets leading to large communal squares, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat.
To the south-west you can see the Euganaean Hills, praised by many poets, among them Lucan and Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Shelley. Padua was also the setting of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
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Vicenza
Vicenza is home to twenty-three buildings designed by Palladio, among others the Villa Capra (also known as "La Rotonda"), located just outside the downtown area and the Basilica Palladiana, centrally located in Vicenza's Piazza dei Signori, of which Palladio himself said that it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity.
In 1994 UNESCO inscribed "Vicenza, City of Palladio" on its list of World Heritage Sites.
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