the exedra | the maze | the coffee house | the orangery | the small wood
Gerolamo Frigimelica designed the Maze of Villa Pisani in 1720, and nowadays it is one of the most famous and best preserved in Europe. Its nine concentric circles originally of hornbeam hedges and now of box hedges, were a place of entertainment and love plays during vacations. The destination of a long and complex path is the turret. Two small spiral staircases twining the turret lead to the top, where the statue of Minerva, goddess of wisdom and patron goddess of all arts welcomes the visitor at the end of his "effort".