Castelfranco Veneto
Villa Parco Revedin Bolasco
The villa, owned by the University of Padua, formerly Revedin, then Rinaldi, then Bolasco Piccinelli, was built by Count Francesco Revedin between 1852 and 1865, designed by the architect Giambattista Meduna, famous for the various reconstruction and restoration works in Venice (Teatro della Fenice, San Marco and Ca' d'Oro).
Inside the villa, the Meduna staircase, the ballroom by the painter Giacomo Casa da Conegliano and the stables are of considerable value , which manifest, in the architecture and in the innovative materials used (cast iron and iron), the equestrian passion of Count Revedin.
Around the villa you can admire the large English-style park, winner of the title of "Most Beautiful Park in Italy". In addition to Meduna, other famous landscape architects also contributed to its design, such as Francesco Bagnara, Marc Guignon, who is credited with the design of the horsewoman, and Antonio Caregaro Negrin, author of the greenhouse in Hispano-Moorish style and the cavana.
The park alternates between architecture and nature: meadows, ponds, hills, groups of trees, and is completed by the cavallerizza, an arena for horseback riding, crowned by 52 statues, introduced by two equestrian statues placed above high bases. The park is guarded by the dovecote tower at the west entrance and by the turret located near the boundary wall to the east and containing a fresco of fine workmanship, also remnants of the Paradise compendium.
The garden, open to the public, can be accessed from Via Ospedale: from the pedestrian walkway located at the end of the dirt car park next to the Domenico Sartor residential centre for the elderly in Castelfranco Veneto (Casa Rebellato side). In case of bad weather, the University reserves the right, at its discretion, to close access to visitors.
TESAF Unipd
A campus Tesaf (Department of Territory and Agro-Forestry Systems) has also campus in the villa park
