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The Barbarigo-Pizzoni
Ardemani Garden in a Valsanzibio is one of the
most important and refined Italian style Gardens:
an amazing world of fountains, pools and
landscape architecture welcome the visitors in
the greenery of the Euganean Hills.
The garden that exists today is the work of the
Venetian Antonio Barbarigo who was inspired by
his brother, the Cardinal Gregorio (a future
Saint). In the middle of the 17th century he
enlarged the pre-existing structure to create a
monumental path leading from obscurity to light,
from ignorance to revelation.
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The itinerary
starts with the pagan Diana’s Pavillion, in the past there was a water entrance via the Saint
Eusebio fishing valley (the name ValSanZibio’s
origin), of which at present time the only trace
left is a water pond where the façade is
reflected.
Entering through the solemn access gate,
visitors walk thorough Diana’s Bath, the Rainbow
Fountain, (showing a rainbow thorough four
spurts of water) and the Wind Fish Pond.
The Pila Fountain takes the visitor to the
Main
Alley which, with plenty of statues, fountains
and water jokes, leads to the Lonze stairs.
Visitors reach in this way the Villa square.
Eight allegorical statues stand around the
Ecstasy Fountain, the final destination of the
symbolic itinerary.
The path is enriched by the famous Boxwood Maze,
the Rabbit’s Island and the Statue of Time.
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Valsanzibio Garden: Symbolism >>
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The Garden
covers a surface of 150,000 square
metres, geometrically shaped by 60,000
square metres of low grown boxwood.
It is decorated by 70 statues in white
marble, 4 fish ponds, and 16 fountains.
The famous maze totals a path of one
kilometre and a half with 10,000 square
metres of boxwood.
The garden boasts 800 plants in 76
different essences among which the
Libocedro Decurrens and the Lebanon
Cedar, and an unnumbered assortment of
bushes, also in rare varieties.
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Valsanzibio Gardens
■
www.valsanzibiogiardino.it
■ e-mail
info@valsanzibiogiardino.it
■ Phone
049/8059224
Open to Visitors:
The Garden is open everyday (including
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays)
From 04 March 2007 to 02 December 2007
Hours:
From 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to sunset.
Prezzo dei
biglietti:
Adults €8.50; Adult Groups €7.50;
Youth ages 6 to 14 €5.50; Students in
School Groups €5.50 per person (guide
included only for scholastic groups)
with mandatory reservation. |
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