The master residence, dating back to the first half of the seventeenth century, is a luminous building with three floors on a square plan, opened by large windows and a loggia on the upper floor. The interior is enriched with painted beams and frescoes of architectural scenes.
To the left of the residence is a building intended for parties, in turn decorated with interesting Baroque frescoes, attributed to Pietro Liberi. Behind it is the family chapel. The complex also includes a large barchessa and other minor rustic buildings. In front of the villa, the garden is enclosed by a fine entrance gate, supported by ashlared pillars adorned with decorative vases.
The villa has recently been bought by the famous clothing industry Benetton which, after having completely restored the dilapidated buildings, has made it its management centre.
in the fields behind the villa there are other spaces for offices and warehouses, all suitably located in the basement. All that can be seen at ground level are the low buildings with their characteristic steel roof in the form of a truncated pyramid, presenting changing effects in the light, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa.
Address: Via Villa Minelli n.1 - Ponzano Veneto
Period: early seventeenth century
Current use: management centre
Opening hours: only the outside can be visited.
