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	Private Architecture: Villa Pisani - NGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Villa Pisani at Stra near Venice was the country residence of one of the most powerful families of northern Italy and one of the many villas built in the region.
		Positioned on the banks of the Brenta River, and surrounded by extensive gardens, it was intended as a place of leisure, where the owner could escape from the heat and humidity of the Venetian lagoon during the hottest weeks of summer.
		His plan for the Villa Pisani is eclectic, and illustrates a north Italian preference for open, colonnaded structures.
	www.nga.gov /exhibitions/2000/baroque/indepth7.shtm (240 words)

	The Italian Villas, hotel accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Villa Pisani in Stra is the largest villa among the villas along the Brenta river.
		Villa Pisani was created with the intention to be a small Versailles: inspired by Alvise Pisani that was an ambassador at the royal palace of Louis XIV.
		Alvise Pisani, nephew of the duke Alvise, had his time of glory as ambassador in Madrid and in Paris but had to return to Venice in 1795.
	www.ghrs.it /italy_hotels/italy_villas.htm (601 words)

	IL BURCHIELLO
		Departing from Padua the first visit is devoted to the grandest of all the villas on the Brenta: Villa Pisani, which is now a National Museum.
		Built by the Pisani family of Venice between 1720 and 1760 to celebrate the election of Alvise Pisani as Doge, the villa was built on a project by Girolamo Frigimelica, later modified by Francesco Maria Preti.
		In 1807, the villa was sold to Napoleon I. Among the artists who decorated the apartments, the most outstanding was Tiepolo, whose masterpiece, painted in 1761-62 – Apotheosis of the Pisani Family – graces the ceiling of the ballroom.
	www.ilburchiello.it /site_eng/pisani.html (122 words)

	Casa Pisani Canal cheap accommodation Venice discount guesthouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Casa Pisani Canal is a small hotel in the center of Venice, a share of palace where the doge Alvise Pisani was used to give his parties.
		Situated close the San Marco Square and the Rialto Bridge, Casa Pisani Canal reflected in the water of romantic canal, a unic opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of city.
		You can enjoy the charm of historic Venice with the comfort of modern facilities, during this summer Casa Pisani Canal propose for your stay an especial promotion, a standard double room Bed and Breakefast basis 110 Euros, the Junior suite 130 Euros from 21th of June to the 26th of August 2004.
	www.come2venice.com /hotel.hotel/1854/casa-pisani-canal (388 words)

	Art, Culture and Science
		Now a National Museum, it was commissioned by the Pisani family between 1736 and 1756 to celebrate the appointment as Doge of Alvise Pisani,but it was sold to Napoleon I in 1807.
		Passing the Dolo lock, the Burchiello docks in Mira for the visit to the Barchessa Valmarana, a XVII structure with frescoes of Michelangelo Schiavoni, better known as "il Chiozzotto".
		The villa, commissioned by Nicolò and Alvise Foscari is one of the masterpieces designed by Andrea Palladio (1571), and it was frescoed by Giovanni Battista Zelotti and Battista Franco, two XVI century painters.
	www.wayitalia.net /rooten/arte_cultura_175.html (396 words)

	Madame de Pompadour
		Alvise Pisani succeeded to the doge Carlo Ruzzini.
		He painted the Apotheosis of Vettor Pisani in the Pisani Moretta palace in Venice and delivered the eight side paintings that had been commissioned to him in 1739 for the ceiling of the Big School of Carmines in the same city.
		He was commissioned the fresco for the big saloon of the Pisani villa in Stra, which he would decorate between this year and the following one.
	www.madamedepompadour.com /_eng_pomp/galleria/artisti/tiepolo.htm (982 words)

	Villa Pisani, Italy. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Commissioned by way of celebration when Alvise Pisani was elected Doge of Venice in 1735, it was the biggest such residence to be built in Venetian territory during that century.
		It has appealed to megalomaniacs ever since: Napoleon bought it off the Pisani in 1807 and handed it over to Eugène Beauharnais, his stepson and Viceroy of Italy; and in 1934 it was the place chosen for the first meeting of Mussolini and Hitler.
		But stick with it for the ballroom, its ceiling covered with a fresco of The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, painted by Giambattista Tiepolo at the age of 66; a dazzling performance, it's as full of blue space as it could be without falling apart.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/italy/villa_pisani (236 words)

	Casa Pisani Canal Cannaregio 6105 Venice Venice Hotel B&B Guest house accommodation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Casa Pisani Canal is an elegant guest house in the centre of Venice with a hospitality and a familiar atmosphere.
		Casa Pisani Canal its a part of the Pisanis palace where the doge Alvise Pisani used to give his parties.There're 5 rooms very charming and decorated in 700 century Venetian stile, witch are furnished with all comfort and the bathrooms are done in a clear and elegant marble.
		Casa Pisani Canal è un piccolo affittacamere meublé situato nel centro di Venezia.
	www.hotel4thenight.com /info_active.asp?dbref=224400 (270 words)

	Azienda promozione turistica di Venezia: Rivista di Venezia settembre-novembre 2006: Riviera Fiorita 2006
		Sabato 9 settembre tra Stra e Fiesso, a partire dalle ore 18.00 (co fa scuro), il Comitato rievocazioni storiche presenterà la 'Festa veneziana in onor del Doge Pisani'.
		Alvise Pisani e i suoi numerosi ospiti assisteranno a musiche, esibizioni di Zanni e di altre figure tipiche della Commedia dell'Arte veneziana, a danze d'epoca e minuetti.
		Al primo imbrunire i figuranti, su imbarcazioni tipiche illuminate con fiaccole e su carrozze, sfileranno fino a Fiesso, dove in piazza si darà il via ad una festa popolare, animata da cori di gondolieri e musica diffusa.
	www.turismovenezia.it /dynalay.asp?PAGINA=5409&mese=9&anno=2006 (324 words)

	Padova
		La più imponente tra tutte, quasi alle porte di Padova, fu la villa costruita dal Doge Alvise Pisani nella prima metà del settecento a Strà.
		The Veneto nobility began from the Fifteenth Century onwards, the custom of building their personal villas along the Riviera, which was almost an ideal extension of Venetian Grand Canal, and they soon became a fashionable phenomenon which calls to mind Goldoni's "holidays".
		The most importan villa of all, which is very close to Padua, is that built by Doge Alvise Pisani during the first half of the heighteenth Century, at Stra.
	www.arc-group.com /turismo/padova/provinc/pd6.htm (357 words)

	ALATA - Historic Itineraries, Historic Itineraries Padua Venice and Verona, Historic Routes Trieste and Treviso
		Pleasantly situated at the foot of the Montello, which provides a green background to the large expanse of buildings that compose it, the villa was the country residence of the Doge Alvise Pisani.
		In the twentieth century, for example, the statues in the garden were transferred and old works of art sold; later, the ecclesiastical owners allowed frescoes to become faded and assigned the various buildings for hospital purposes.
		In the interior, a large hall can still be seen, frescoed in the Baroque period by Faustino Moretti, the room of the Doge Pisani, now stripped, and other rooms decorated with paintings and stucco works.
	www.alata.it /eng/ITINERARI/tappa_sto.asp?IDitinerario=62&IDtappa=246 (369 words)

	Hotel Casa Pisani Canal Venice Veneto Italy
		Casa Pisani Canal is an elegant guest house in the centre of Venice with a hospitality and a familiar atmosphere.
		Casa Pisani Canal its a part of the Pisanis palace where the doge Alvise Pisani used to give his parties.There're 5 rooms very charming and decorated in 700 century Venetian stile, witch are furnished with all comfort and the bathrooms are done in a clear and elegant marble.
		If do you have some questions fell free to be fax/emailing us, we will be glad and ready to be helping you with all Venice information about: events, museums, tickets, museum pass, guided visit, vaporeto (the public boat) and concerts booking.
	www.cybevasion.com /hotels/monde/hotel_casa-pisani-canal_venice_italy_17507_es.html (227 words)

	Pisani Genealogy. (Well, some of it).
		of which Pisani's came to Australia on the S.S. Misr in January 1949, with notes on which relatives arrived seperately in 1947, 1951 and 1953.
		These Pisani's arrived in Melbourne and settled there as well as in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
		He was one of two famous Pisani Venetian Admirals who inflicted defeats on the Genoese during the 130 years battle for Mediterranean naval supremacy between the two city states known as the Chioggia Wars.
	www.users.bigpond.com /vpisani/genlgy.htm (421 words)

	Artonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A Venezia, al doge Alvise Pisani succede Pietro Grimani.
		Dipinge l'Apoteosi di Vettor Pisani in palazzo Pisani Moretta a Venezia e consegna gli otto dipinti laterali commissionatigli nel 1739 per il soffitto della Scuola grande dei Carmini in quella stessa città.
		Gli viene commissionato l'affresco del salone di villa Pisani a Stra, che dipinge tra quest'anno e il successivo.
	www.artonline.it /cronologia-print.asp?IDArtista=28 (1415 words)

	Q and A - New York Times
		Built by the Pisani family of Venice between 1736 and 1756 to celebrate the election of Alvise Pisani to Doge, the villa was based on a design by Girolamo Frigimelica and was later modified by Francesco Maria Preti.
		Among the artists who decorated the apartments are Tiepolo, whose masterpiece, the ''Apotheosis of the Pisani Family,'' painted in 1761-62, graces the ceiling of the ballroom.
		Legend has it that the villa takes its name from the wife of one of the Foscari who was displeased at being confined to the villa.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9C0CEEDF103FF936A25751C1A960958260 (1094 words)

	Crystal Cruises - Shore Excursion Details
		Built for the Pisani family to celebrate the election of Alvise Pisani as Doge, the villa is noted for its elaborately decorated interior, immense grounds and famous maze.
		Interior photography is not permitted in St. Anthony's Basilica and Villa Pisani.
		It is recommended that guests dress conservatively for their visit to the basilica.
	www.crystalcruises.com /window_excursion.aspx?EX=VEN-G&CID=5312&CD=06/05/2005 (394 words)

	il burchiello®
		Departing from Padua, the first visit is devoted to the grandest of all the villas on the Brenta: Villa Pisani, wich is now a National Museum.
		Built by the Pisani family of Venice between 1720 and 1756 to celebrate the election of Alvise Pisani as Doge, the villa was based on a design by Girolamo Frigimelica, later modified by Francesco Maria Preti.
		In 1807 the villa was sold to Napoleon I. Among the artists who decorated the apartments, the most outstanding was Tiepolo, whose masterpiece, painted in 1761-62 "Apotheosis of the Pisani Family" graces the ceiling of the ballroom.
	www.sleepingvenice.com /links/paginatrans.php?ID=11&LINGUA=eng (470 words)

	The history of the family Pisani ..::\|\|::..Storia della famiglia Pisani
		A fascination with the name Pisani, its origins and the fashion in which it has permeated the fabric of many a different society around the world has led me to ditch my long running personal web site in favour of creating a site dedicated to my very own surname.
		There is a key focus on the history of the name and the shaping of the Venetian roots of the Pisani family.
		The information contained within this site is based on my own personal research on the name Pisani and Pisani families around the world and where appropriate I have strived to cite all relevant sources.
	www.laurence-pisani.co.uk (487 words)

	Stra Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Alvise Pisani was a doge of Venice in 1740 and Villa Pisani saw lots of famous guests, including Napoleon.
		This maze built by trees that will not loose their leaves in winter even offers a small tower, where you may watch the others or hopefully get an idea how to be able to escape the labyrinth...
		It was built by the Pisani family of Venice between 1720 and 1760 to celebrate the election of Alvise Pisani as Doge.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Stra-142035/Things_To_Do-Stra-BR-1.html (655 words)

	schede barbariga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"La Barbariga", or Lazara Pisani was built by Alvise Pisani and then passed to Chiara Pisani who married a Barbarigo and thus giving the building its name.
		Originally only the central body existed the two symmetrical wings were added at the end of the 18th century, giving it the oblong and unitary appearance which can be observed from the banks of the river.
		Inside there are many polychromatic plasters adorning many of the rooms including the Chinese room and the room of the hunt.
	stratema.sigis.net /mir/english/musei/stra/barba.htm (108 words)

	Palazzetto Pisani - Venezia - Visita alle stanze
		You can reach Palazzeto Pisani by gondola or water-taxi, landing directly at the "water-door" in Rio del Santissimo.
		It has a lacunar wooden ceiling, which recalls the motive of the vault over the staircase, and is lit by two 18th century Murano chandeliers.
		The portrait of the Doge Alvise Pisani (1735) welcomes his guests.
	www.palazzettopisani.com /stanze.php?lingua=en (108 words)

	Casa Pisani Canal
		The channel of Pisani of house is an elegant house of guest in the center of Venice, with the great hospitality and an atmosphere of family.
		We are strategically plac in the heart of Venice, between the place of the mark of Saint and the bridge of Rialto.
		The very new channel of Pisani of house is in a part of the palate where the Doge Alvise Pisani gave his parts.
	www.vienna-hotels-web.com /english/Italy/Venice/224400.html (438 words)

	Venice Italy high-quality lodging Casa Pisani Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Casa Pisani Canal is a small hotel in the center of Venice, a share of palace where the doge Alvise Pisani was used to give his parties.
		Situated close the San Marco Square and the Rialto Bridge, Casa Pisani Canal reflected in the water of romantic canal, a unic opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of city.
		You can enjoy the charm of historic Venice with the comfort of modern facilities, during this summer Casa Pisani Canal propose for your stay an especial promotion, a standard double room Bed and Breakefast basis 110 Euros, the Junior suite 130 Euros from 21th of June to the 26th of August 2004.
	www.hotelnetservice.com /italy/venice/casa-pisani-canal (500 words)

	Villa Pisani at AllExperts
		This villa was likely built around 1555 as a result of Alvise Pisani's appointment to doge.
		On the first floor there are several rooms with furniture of the 18th and 19th century.
		The most spectacular part of this palace is the ballroom with a painted ceiling by Giovanni Tiepolo on which the apotheosis of the family Pisani is represented.
	en.allexperts.com /e/v/vi/villa_pisani.htm (253 words)

	Hotel Leondoro - Mirano - Ville Venete
		Villa Pisani is the largest of the ‘Ville del Brenta’, wanted by Almorò and Alvise Pisani to glorify the ascent of their family to the most important political role in Venice, the Doge.
		After the fall of the Serenissima (that is Venice), other famous guests were housed here, for example Napoleon, Vittorio Emanuele II, Mussolini.
		According to the legend, a lady of the Foscari family was exiled here because of her unseemly behaviour and was unhappy (malcontenta) of her new residence.
	www.leondoro.it /eng/ville/index.htm (208 words)

	Untitled
		While the cruise takes us through some really beautiful spots, we can appreciate the high technological value of the engineering work carried out in order to create this ship canal, allowing the development of civilisation over the years.
		It was built in 1558 for Nicolò and Alvise Foscari and still belongs to the descendants of that noble family.
		According to the legend, the villa owes its name “Malcontenta” to the wife of one of the Foscari who was confined here against her will.
	web.unife.it /centro/corr_study_centre/10SEIC/naviga.htm (568 words)

	Di Villa in Villa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The idraulic works that have been realised in the past years together with the civilisation's development are of a particular attention which now permit the navigability of the canal.
		During the itinerary, the ferry boat will stop in Stra in Villa Pisani (also National Museum, it was built up by Pisani family between 1720 and 1756 to celebrate the nomination of Alvise Pisani to Doge; the countryhouse was planned by Girolamo Frigimelica and in part by Francesco Maria Preti.
		In 1807 the villa was sold to Napoleon I. Among the artists who decorated it, an important role was played by Il Tiepolo.
	www.locandaalpiave.it /eng/ville.htm (438 words)

	Venice Hotels - Casa Pisani Canal - Venice B&B Guest house accommodation.
		If do you have some questions fell free to be fax/emailing us, we will be glad and ready to be helping you with all Venice information about: events, museums, tickets, museum pass, guided visit, vaporeto (the public boat) and concerts booking.
		Casa Pisani Canal +¿ un piccolo affittacamere meubl+¬ situato nel centro di Venezia.
		Das Casa Pisani Canal ist ein Teil des Pisani Palastes wo Alvise Pisani rauschende Parties gab.
	www.stay-the-night.co.uk /info.asp?dbref=224400 (418 words)

	Vacanza Italy - Tours from Venice
		It was built in 1571 for Nicolò and Alvise Foscari.
		Proceeding along the Canal, you find Dolo, a shoe-manufacturing centre, then Stra, located on the fork of the Brenta and its main canal, where you can see also "Villa Pisani", the grandest of all the villas on the Brenta, which is now National Museum.
		Built by the Pisani Family between 1736 and 1756 to celebrate Alvise Pisani's election as Dodges' of Venice, the villa is very well known for it's elaborately decorated interior apartments, the large gardens and the famous maze.
	www.vacanzaitaly.com /tours/mini_tours/tours_venice_daily.html (1250 words)

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