The Paths
After leaving the lake, visitors can walk east, down the poplar-lined path that goes down the edge of the park. The rows of trees mainly consist of black poplars (Populus nigra) planted about 10 years ago to replace the original trees, which had died.
The path turns to the west into the Path of the Countesses, which, with its length of nearly one kilometre, marks the widest point of the park along its east-west axis. It consists of about 180 trees of the Robinia pseudoacacia species.
They have an alternate planting density and originally the plants were regularly pollarded. This allowed obtaining big regular crowns with a spherical shape. The external path continues for 500 metres down the west border into the Horse-Chestnut Path. This path is lined with two rows of horse-chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum).
Other tree species are present in the south-east part of the path, among which a great number of black poplars and plane trees. At the end of the external path, a lime tree-lined path connects the gate next to the church with the parterre behind the Villa. Leaning out of the first part of the balcony on the left, visitors can see a waterfall that, together with the water coming from the Roggia Contarina, feeds the winding canal that flows through the large lawn and into the lake.
