Discover Villa Valmarana ai Nani
“An oasis of art and history on the summit of Mount San Bastian.”
The Villa consists of three buildings – the Palazzina, the Foresteria, and the Stables – surrounded by rose gardens, an Italian-style garden with two fragrant Olea Fragrans, two hornbeam groves framing the charming nymphaeum in the rear park, and the mysterious forest that descends to the curious Pagoda.
“Today I visited Villa Valmarana, which was decorated by Tiepolo, allowing full scope for all his virtues and his flaws.”
In 1757, Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo, at the request of Giustino Valmarana, frescoed the Palazzina and the Foresteria, turning the Villa into a true masterpiece of 18th-century Italian art.
Where does the term ‘Ai Nani’ come from?
The term refers to the 17 stone dwarfs that, placed along the boundary wall, seem to guard the Villa. Probably created by Francesco Uliaco based on designs by Giambattista Tiepolo, these dwarfs are tied to the evocative legend of Princess Layana, blending history and myth in a truly unique atmosphere.
