Villa Pisani Skip the Line Entrance Tickets

Villa Pisani in Stra, the most imposing, the largest and the most visited, called the "villa of villas". Some very brief historical notes are obligatory: it was built on a pre-existing building to celebrate the glory of the Pisani family, especially when Alvise Pisani was elected Doge in 1735. After the end of the Serenissima, it was owned by Napoleon; in 1814 the Austrians took over. When Venice joined the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, Victor Emmanuel II stayed there for a short time, and two years later it became state property. It has been a national museum since the late 1800s. Countless important guests and visitors came from all over Europe: Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Gustav of Sweden, Maria Luigia of Parma and many others. In 1934, Hitler and Mussolini met here. The magnificence of the villa is immediately apparent from the Baroque façade, with a central temple-like structure with a tympanum and Corinthian columns. Terraces and statues decorate the sides, which end with two buildings that recall the classical style of the central part.