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Palazzo Pisani
Palazzo Pisani
Commissioned by the Pisani brothers, the building was constructed in 1556 on pre-existing structures. Designed by an unknown architect, tradition attributes it to Michele Sanmicheli, while Dalla Pozza attributes it to Andrea Palladio, who was engaged in those years in the construction of Villa Pisani in Bagnolo, although stylistic evaluations do not validate either of the aforementioned hypotheses.
The building consists of two parts: a central body and two lateral wings built in the 18th century. The residential section is developed over four floors, two of which are noble floors—a rare feature for the architecture of the time—and is enclosed by rustic ashlar that emphasizes its corners.
Access to the square from Via Roma is through a rustic ashlar archway, which spans two floors of the entire palace. The portal is surmounted by a double arched trifora with refined ashlar on the noble floor, and a trabeated structure with ashlar bands and balustrades on the upper floor.
The monumental balustraded staircase with triple flights allows immediate entry to the noble floor on the north side of the palace. Continuing upward with the gaze, it is possible to notice how each floor is marked by a double basement band at the windows, as well as two coats of arms between the frames of the openings on the noble floor.
At the top of the palace stand two perfectly identical chimneys on the faces overlooking the two squares. The two wings echo the motifs of the façade, repeating wide blind arches on the ground floor and a balustrade on the north façade of the palace with eighteenth-century additions, such as certain stone frames on the upper floors, the balustrade on the southern façade, and the curved small balconies resting on large brackets located on the exterior walls of the two turrets.
Particularly interesting is the wellhead, contemporary with the palace itself, which stands out in the west garden toward the square. Carved from a monolith, it rests on two steps while two Tuscan columns support the decorated architrave and the cymatium, consisting of two scrolls and a spire.
The interior of the palace can be reached not only by the monumental staircase but also by a small staircase located under the portico. Upon reaching the noble floor, the vaults appear as barrel or groined vaults, though of modest workmanship, especially in the mezzanine.
The hall of honor has a ceiling with painted beams and four doors leading to as many rooms presumably decorated with frescoes, although little remains of these except in a few small chambers.
In the eighteenth century, the doors were made more majestic with the addition of robust marble tympanums supported by monochrome figures; in addition to their aesthetic remodeling, the noble floor was re-frescoed in the eighteenth century, reproducing classical ruins and purely Renaissance themes.
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