# Barchessa

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[[File:VillaEmo 2007 07 17 01.jpg|thumb|The left barchessa of the [Villa Emo](/source/Villa_Emo) a Fanzolo di Vedelago. At the left end there is a [dovecote](/source/dovecote).]]
thumb|The barchessa of the Villa Emo

A '''barchessa''' is a rural service building, typical of the architecture of [Venetian villas](/source/Palladian_villas_of_the_Veneto). The concept was created and popularized by architect [Andrea Palladio](/source/Andrea_Palladio). A barchessa contains the working portions of the estate, separately from the central body of the villa. Barchessas were characterized by a long arcade with high round arches and used for services including kitchens, farm staff, stables, and barns.<ref name="emo1">{{cite web |title=The barchesse |url=https://www.villaemo.org/single-post/2017/03/28/le-barchesse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204044636/https://www.villaemo.org/single-post/2017/03/28/le-barchesse |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |website=Villa Emo |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref> As interpreted outside of Italy, the barchessas (''barchesse'' in Italian) evolved to become defining elements of [Palladian architecture](/source/Palladian_architecture).

== Description ==
In the historical region of the [Republic of Venice](/source/Republic_of_Venice) the barchessas are almost always are arranged on either side of the main house, and are an integral part of a large productive agricultural complex. [Andrea Palladio](/source/Andrea_Palladio) gave architectural dignity to the barchesse, placing them side by side, aligning them and connecting them to the manor house, giving the whole greater [symmetry](/source/symmetry) and monumentality. The orientation was also important: in his ''[I quattro libri dell'architettura](/source/I_quattro_libri_dell'architettura)'' (Venice, 1570), Palladio states that the barchesse should face south to keep the stored hay from fermenting and burning.

In the Veneto countryside – and in particular along the [riviera del Brenta](/source/riviera_del_Brenta) – barchessas may be found without a villa: due to the taxation on villas. During the 19th century many buildings of the [Venetian patriciate](/source/Venetian_patriciate) were demolished, leaving only the barchessas, useful as cottages or warehouses.

== Examples ==
thumb|Villa Algarotti as it appears today: only the barchessa remains of the building
Among the most famous and characteristic barchesse there are those combined with the following villas:
* [Villa Badoer](/source/Villa_Badoer), known as "la Badoera", designed by [Andrea Palladio](/source/Andrea_Palladio), in the municipality of [Fratta Polesine](/source/Fratta_Polesine), [province of Rovigo](/source/province_of_Rovigo) (the only villa in which Palladio actually built his idea of curved hemicycle barns).
* [Villa Tiretta Agostini](/source/Villa_Tiretta_Agostini), [Giavera del Montello](/source/Giavera_del_Montello) ([Province of Treviso](/source/Province_of_Treviso)).
* [Villa Emo](/source/Villa_Emo) Capodilista in Fanzolo di [Vedelago](/source/Vedelago) (province of Treviso), by Andrea Palladio
* [Villa Barbaro](/source/Villa_Barbaro) in Maser, (province of Treviso), by Andrea Palladio, at the ends of which are dovecotes and sundials.
* [Villa Manin](/source/Villa_Manin) in [Passariano di Codroipo](/source/Passariano_di_Codroipo) ([Province of Udine](/source/Province_of_Udine)) where the [treaty of Campoformio](/source/treaty_of_Campoformio) (now Campoformido) was signed
* [Villa Contarini](/source/Villa_Contarini) in [Piazzola sul Brenta](/source/Piazzola_sul_Brenta) ([province of Padua](/source/province_of_Padua))
* [Villa Albrizzi Franchetti](/source/Villa_Albrizzi_Franchetti), designed by [Andrea Pagnossin](/source/Andrea_Pagnossin), in [San Trovaso](/source/San_Trovaso) (municipality of [Preganziol](/source/Preganziol) in the [province of Treviso](/source/province_of_Treviso)).

Or the single barchesse, today without the villa:
* [Barco della Regina Cornaro](/source/Barco_della_Regina_Cornaro) in [Altivole](/source/Altivole) (Treviso)
* [Barchessa Loredan](/source/Barchessa_Loredan) in [Volpago del Montello](/source/Volpago_del_Montello) (Treviso)
* [Barchessa of Villa Grollo](/source/Barchessa_of_Villa_Grollo) in [Selva del Montello](/source/Selva_del_Montello) of [Volpago del Montello](/source/Volpago_del_Montello) (Treviso)
* [Barco Barbarigo Biagi](/source/Barco_Barbarigo_Biagi) to [Montebelluna](/source/Montebelluna)
* [Barchess of Villa Thiene](/source/Barchess_of_Villa_Thiene) to Cicogna of [Villafranca Padovana](/source/Villafranca_Padovana) (A. Palladio)
* [Barchesse of Villa Valmarana](/source/Barchesse_of_Villa_Valmarana) in [Mira](/source/Mira_(Italy)) along the [Riviera del Brenta](/source/Riviera_del_Brenta)
* Barchessa di [Villa Pola](/source/Villa_Pola) known as the "Barcòn" after Barcòn of [Vedelago](/source/Vedelago) (Treviso)
* Barchess of [Villa Monza](/source/Villa_Monza) in [Dueville](/source/Dueville) (Vicenza)
* Barchessa of [Villa Badoer](/source/Villa_Badoer), known as "La Rotonda" of [Badoere](/source/Badoere) of Morgan, Treviso)
* Barchess of [Villa Monselicense](/source/Villa_Monselicense) by Davide Boetto

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Villa Barbaro Maser barchesse 2009-07-18 f01.jpg|The left barchessa of Villa Barbaro a Maser
File:Villa Barbaro Maser barchesse 2009-07-18 f02.jpg|The right barchessa of the Villa Barbaro
File:Villa Contarini Piazzola by Marcok 2009-08-08 n01b.jpg|Left barchessa of the [Villa Contarini](/source/Villa_Contarini) in [Piazzola sul Brenta](/source/Piazzola_sul_Brenta)
File:Villa Emo (23549509).jp.jpg|Plan of the Villa Emo. The main house is in the center, flanked by the barchesse (drain by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1781)
File:Barchessa.jpg|Barchessa di [Limena](/source/Limena) (Padova), oggi sede del Municipio
File:VillaThieneCicogna 2007 07 18 1.jpg|Barchessa of the Villa Thiene in Cicogna, the only remnant of a Palladian project
</gallery>

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