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{{short description|Palladian villa in province of Verona, northern Italy}}
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{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
[[Image:Villa Serego_sezione_Bertotti Scamozzi 1781.jpg|thumb|300px|Villa Serego, section drawn by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi in 1781.]]▼
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'''Villa Serego''' or '''Villa Sarego''' is a [[Palladian]] villa at Santa Sofia di Pedemonte, [[San Pietro in Cariano]] in the [[province of Verona]], northern [[Italy]]. It was built for the aristocratic [[Sarego family]], and designed by [[Andrea Palladio]]. The villa is distinctive for its use of [[rustication (architecture)|rusticated]] columns of the [[Ionic order]].▼
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| caption = Villa Serego
| location = [[San Pietro in Cariano]], [[Province of Verona]], [[Veneto]], [[Italy]]
| part_of = [[City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto]]
| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(i), (ii)}}(i), (ii)
| ID = 712bis-024
▲| coordinates = {{Coord|45|29|58|N|10|55|32|E|type:landmark|display=title, inline|format=dms}}
| year = 1994
| extension = 1996
| area = {{convert|2.78|ha|acre|abbr=on}}
| locmapin = Italy Veneto#Italy
| map_caption =
}}
▲'''Villa Serego''' or '''Villa Sarego''' is a [[Palladian]] villa at Santa Sofia di Pedemonte, [[San Pietro in Cariano]] in the [[province of Verona]], northern [[Italy]]. It was built for the aristocratic [[Sarego family]], and designed by Italian Renaissance architect [[Andrea Palladio]]. The villa is distinctive for its use of [[rustication (architecture)|rusticated]] columns of the [[Ionic order]].
 
== History ==
The villa was commissioned by the Venetian nobleman [[Marcantonio Sarego]] for an estate which came into his possession in 1552.<ref> [http://www.cisapalladio.org/veneto/scheda.php?sezione=4&architettura=25&lingua=e]</ref>
A rough date for its execution is c. 1560-1570. A plan of the building appears in Palladio's [[Quattro Libri]] of 1570, but it relates to a larger project than was actually completed. A habitable building is known to have existed by 1572 from Marcantonio's will of that date, but he died leaving some of the project as little more than foundations.
In 1857 further construction took place, which makes the villa appear finished but does not fully respect the original design.▼
 
The villa was commissioned by the Venetian nobleman [[Marcantonio Sarego]] for an estate which came into his possession in 1552.<ref>[http://www.cisapalladio.org/veneto/scheda.php?sezione=4&architettura=25&lingua=e www.cisapalladio.org website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219014224/http://www.cisapalladio.org/veneto/scheda.php?sezione=4&architettura=25&lingua=e |date=December 19, 2007 }} accessed December 2008</ref> A rough date for its execution is c. 1560–1570. A plan of the building appears in Palladio's ''[[I quattro libri dell'architettura]]'' of 1570, but it relates to a larger project than was actually completed. A habitable building is known to have existed by 1572 from Marcantonio's will of that date, but he died leaving some of the project as little more than foundations.
== Architectural details ==
 
▲In 1857, further construction took place, which makes the villa appear finished but does not fully respect the original design.
 
== Architecture ==
 
Two limestone sculptures stand surrounded by semi-circular hedges in front of the villa. They appear to be the deities [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] (with attributes of the hunt) and [[Apollo]] (holding a harp), symbolic of the villa being both a rural retreat and a refuge for culture and beauty.
The villa is built around a courtyard, which is derived from the [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]] of [[Roman villa]]s. Palladio was familiar with such designs from thehis writingsresearch ofinto [[Vitruviusancient Roman architecture]], andbut hiscourtyards researchesare rare in Romehis own buildings.
 
The colossal columns of the courtyard are executed in a rough aesthetic - – Palladio refers to them being made of "non polite" stone. Although ultimately derived from ancient Roman buildings, the columns are reminiscent of [[manneristMannerism|Mannerist]] design and have features found in the architecture of [[Verona]]. They are practically unique in Palladio's work, but are echoed in a gateway at [[Villa Trissino (Meledo di Sarego)]].
 
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▲[[Image:Villa Serego_sezione_Bertotti Scamozzi 1781.jpg|thumb|300px|Villa Serego,Cross section drawn(drawing by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi in, 1781.]])
Villa Serego_pianta_Bertotti Scamozzi 1781.jpg|Floor plan (Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1781)
</gallery>
 
==Conservation==
In 1996, [[UNESCO]] included the villa was included in the [[World Heritage Site]] "[[City of Vicenza and Palladian Villas of the Veneto]]".
 
It is not open to the public.
==References ==▼
{{Reflist}}▼
*{{cite book|last= Wundram|first=Manfred|title=Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque|publisher= [[Taschen]]|location=[[Cologne]]|year= 1993|isbn=3-828-0271-9 |pages=pp.202-209 }}▼
 
==See also==
{{commonscatcommons category|Villa Serego}}
{{* [[Palladian Villas}} of the Veneto]]▼
* [[Palladian architecture]]
 
▲==References ==
▲{{Palladian Villas}}
▲{{Reflist}}
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▲*{{cite book|last= Wundram|first=Manfred|title=Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque|publisher= [[Taschen]]|location=[[Cologne]]|year= 1993|isbn=3-8288228-0271-9 |pages=pp.202-209202–209 }}
 
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