Villa Contarini will be present at the fair in Vicenza and Venice from December 3.
From The 3rd until the 5th of December Villa Contarini will have its own space in Veneto Region's stand both at the fair in Vicenza, for the Firms/Students meeting initiative and at the ''Salone dei Beni Culturali'' of Venice. The organization which administrates the Villa in Piazzola sul Brenta will illustrate the new didactic tours ''Children in Villa'', which will begin in the next days. The program is opened to nursery schools, elementary schools and junior highs, it includes visits for children of all ages, starting from nursery schools and ending with thorough historical, artistic and architectonic visits for high school students.
It includes precognitive visits for teachers, a lab modular activity with a visit of the entire structure for children, and active tours suitable for all ages.
These are the titles:
''Discover the villa and its secrets'' and '' Discover the park while playing'', Architecture: '' Art in the garden'', Parties and music : ''the life of the Contarini Noblemen'', A dwelling in the countryside: 16th century Veneto villas''. '' The development of the Villa in the 19th century: Industrial Archaeology''.
Info and booking ( from Monday to Friday. 9 – 12 )
tel. 049 8778272

PIAZZOLA (PD) - POPE'S EXHIBITION OPENS THE DISPLAY ROOM.
In Villa Contarini the exhibition '' Pope, from gesture to colour'' will be open until January 7, a retrospective on the contemporary visual artist Giuseppe Galli (a.k.a. Pope). With the opening of the exhibition, at the end of September, the restoration of the display room on the first floor of the villa, a 400 square meters room which used to host the Camerini family's art gallery, was inaugurated.
The exhibition can be visited everyday during the opening hours of the villa, from 10 am to 4 pm. (Closed on Wednesdays).