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INTERSECTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND PALLADIO: Wellness and Design

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Villa Cordellina Lombardi

Via Lovara, 36, 36075 Montecchio Maggiore VI

Carlo Cordellina Molin, a famous Venetian lawyer, began work on the villa of Montecchio Maggiore on an ancient house inherited by his uncle around 1735. The work, entrusted to the architect Giorgio Massari, lasted until 1760. Additionally, architect Francesco Muttoni was called upon to combine the Palladian tradition with the Baroque forms. In 1743, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo decorated the main residence with frescoes.
The villa remained the property of Lodovico Cordellina, son of Carlo, until the early decades of the nineteenth century, when it was joined to the boarding school Lodovico Cordellina, then the students transformed it into a silkworm breeding facility. In 1943, it passed to Count Gaetano Marzotto and in 1954 to Dr. Vittorio Lombardi who provided for the general restoration of the buildings and the reconstitution of the gardens. Anna Maria Lombardi, widow of Dr. Vittorio, ceded the Villa and annexed Cappella Pizzocaro to the Provincial Administration of Vicenza, the current owner, who is responsible for the restoration of the frescoes by Tiepolo and the Scuderia and the recovery of the great Rustico, also the original creation of Giorgio Massari on pre-existing buildings owned by Molin.