Villa Buzzaccarini, Renaissance villa in Marendole district of Monselice, Italy
Villa Buzzaccarini is a Renaissance villa in the Marendole district of Monselice with a noble floor featuring a central frescoed hall and four adjacent rooms. The property spans two hectares surrounded by walnut groves.
A fortress guarding the river stood on this hill until Ezzelino III da Romano destroyed it in 1237; its foundations remain visible in the villa. Two property surveys of Count Duse Buzzaccarini, from 1489 and 1492, record a new "casa de muro" in the second, the first nucleus of the villa, built as quarrying was joined by farming after the Venetian land reclamation.
The private chapel was donated to the Diocese of Padua to become the parish church of Marendole, on condition that a niche beside the main altar be reserved for the Buzzaccarini marquises. That "niche of the marquises" is still preserved. A stone on the nearby bridge over the Canale Bisatto reads that the Buzzaccarini consorts had it built at their own expense in 1591.
The restored barn provides 400 square meters (4,300 square feet) of event space with modern audiovisual equipment and full accessibility features for guests. The site works well for gatherings of various sizes and needs.
The bridge over the Canale Bisatto near the villa bears a stone inscription reading "Consortes de Buzzacarinis Aere Proprio Aedificandum Curarunt Anno MDXCI": the Buzzaccarini brothers had it built at their own expense in 1591. The private chapel was given to the Diocese of Padua to serve as the parish church, on condition that a niche beside the main altar stay reserved for the marquises.
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