12/03/2021
From Chadsworth founder’s, Jeffrey Davis, recent visit to Italy. ⠀ . .⠀
Designed by architect Vincenzo Scamozzi for Vettor Pisani, a noble of a significant family, Rocca Pisana is a Venetian villa designed in the Palladian style. The Villa, designed in 1576, was not built as a residence, but for “pleasure in the healthier air, far from the smelly and mosquito- infested plain”. The Villa was described by architect and artist Manfredo Massironi as “a life’s experience, a therapy session”. Entry to the Villa is through a roman-style staircase leading to a neoclassical pronao with six Ionic columns, tightened by the corbie gable. Due to the restoration work by Countess Rosetta de Lazara Pisani in the 1950s, Villa Rocca Pisana still appears beautiful today.