Location: Fiesso d'Artico in Italy
Nearest Airport:
Marco Polo Airport, Tessera ( Venice ) at 30
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Nearest Ferry:
Tronchetto Venice at 25
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Nearest Train:
Barbariga Vigonza (Padua) Station at 4
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Nearest Motorway:
Dolo-Mirano A4 at 7
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 40
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Car: not necessary
Riviera del Brenta, 27 kilometres long from Fusina to Stra, devised by Veneto acumen on an ancient landscape. The physical aspects of the Riviera took shape in 1400 when the Venetians began to transfer their entrepreneurial spirit from the sea to the land. The spread of the aristocratic villas along the course of the Brenta River, was a phenomenon that was a sign of the power of Venice for a couple of centuries between 1500 and 1700.
By the end of 1400 to have a villa on the banks of the River and to enjoy the summer season with friends and relations or VIP strangers was a great status symbol. Renowned architects and famous painters where engaged from Palladio to Count Frigimelica, from Scamozzi, to Longhena, Zelotti to Giannantonio Pellegrini, Tiepolo, Guarana and Zais. A country villa's visual impact, including its lodges and gardens, had to be strong, indeed it had to strike the visitors and travellers by its extraordinary artistic and natural beauty.
