Palazzo Barbaro: Façade
by GASPARI, Antonio, Photo
The Palazzo Barbaro complex make up of two adjacent palaces, one of which (at left in the present view) is Gothic, designed by Giovanni Bon in 1425, and the other is Baroque, designed by Antonio Gaspari around 1694.
The building designed by Gaspari reflects with sober grandeur the social position of the owners, the Barbaro family. Daniele and Marcantonio Barbaro were men of culture and enlightened patrons commissioning the construction of the Villa Barbaro in Maser according to a design by Palladio with frescoes by Veronese. Behind a long narrow fa�ade marked by two lancet windows and single light pointed arch windows, the interiors (the ballroom and the library) are surprising for richness of the furnishings.