Frescoes

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The church dates back to 1065, renovated and expanded 1180-1250, it underwent a major transformation in the 18th century. The dome and Baroque facade were added 1711-1716 by Valentino Pezani, Joseph Griesing and Johann Dientzenhofer. From 1725 the interior was also re-ordered by Johann Baptist Zimmerman with stucco and frescoes by his brother Dominikus Zimmermann. The church was badly damaged during the Second World War and the interior subsequently restored.

NOTES: The abbey was founded in the 8th century, but the majority of the buildings date from the 18th century when the Abteikirche was built (1742-1744), incorporating the two earlier six-storied west towers (12th century). Further extensive construction and decoration was undertaken in the 1780s, including in 1782 the installation of what was at the time the biggest organ in the world. Much of the interior decoration was carried out by members of the Wessobrunner School, a group of Baroque stucco-workers that developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria during the 17th century and exerted considerable influence on the art of south Germany in the 18th century. The high altar and ceiling frescoes were painted by Matthaus Gunter between 1742-1747.