Villa Pisani at Stra Site Features

Tiepolo's ceiling

The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, 1761-62, in the ballroom -- among his last Italian works, and painted at the height of his powers.

The maze

Clipped hedges with a tower at the centre, genuinely difficult, and one of the oldest surviving in Italy.

The stables

Frigimelica's stable block closes the park's axis and is grander than most villas on the Brenta.

114 rooms

Matching Alvise Pisani's number in the line of Doges -- the whole building is a family's argument about its own standing.