Der Funktionswandel der Villen im Veneto - eine kulturgeographische Analyse

The functional change of the Venetian villa a cultural-geographical analysis The aim of this contribution is to analyse the develop ment of the Venetian villa, which has become one of the most intrinsic elements of the landscape in north-eastern Italy since the 15th century. In comparison with the Tuscan villa-fattoria system, which developed during the 13th century around the urban republics like Florence, Lucca and Pistoia, the Venetian villa is historically a late pheno menon. It began to flourish only since the 16th century after the decline of oriental trade, when the Venetians were oblig ed to obtain political control over their hinterland territories (terra ferma). The ideological justification for the colonization of the terra ferma was based on numerous articles by A. Cornaro, L. B. Alberti and A. Palladio in recollection and reinter