thematic tours of the villa | thematic tours of the garden
THE GARDEN OF VILLA PISANI: the allegorical message of the statues and the scenography of entertainment
The immense garden, planned following the design of Versailles, shows its own history and the political ambitions of whom commissioned it, along the tour of the most important buildings and the description of the allegorical meaning of the statues around it.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
PROMENADING IN THE GARDEN WITH THE NOBLE PISANI FAMILY: pleasure of vacation in the eighteenth century
A tour along the eighteenth century places of the garden, a special background for entertainment of the noble Venetian families during their long vacations. Reading of Goldoni’s and Casanova’s works.
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
THE ROMANTIC GARDEN: dark and shadow in the Garden of Villa Pisani The Garden of Villa Pisani, classical Italian-style garden, fully changed in the nineteenth century according to landscape fashion, is the concrete, “vegetal” example of the romantic taste and this tour offers the sight of its most picturesque corners.
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
CHANGING GREEN: reading poetry of the nineteenth and twentieth century walking in the garden of Villa Pisani
Walk in the garden, enjoying six poetic variation of green nuances: roses and lime of Paul Verlaine, lemon tree of Eugenio Montale…
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
SOUR TASTE OF CITRUS: growing citrus tree in the garden of Villa Pisani in the eighteenth and nineteenth century
The cultivation of citrus trees is very ancient. This tour shows the history of this cultivation and the visitor will be able to discover the beauty of the collection in the orangerie of Villa Pisani.
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes.