Villa Pojana – aristocratic Villa in the town of Poiana Maggiore in the province of Vicenza. It was designed by Andrea Palladio and is today part of the UNESCO world Cultural heritage of UNESCO "the Palladian villas of the Veneto".

The building was built in 1548-49-m years for Boniface Poiana, a member of the family of Poiana, which for centuries possessed the lands in the territory of Veneto. Military history of Boniface reflected in the rigor and even a certain austerity of the architecture and decorations of the interior. In the work on the project Palladian villas relied on the ancient Roman Thermae, which he studied during his visit to Rome. On the ground floor you can see a huge hall with barrel vaulted ceiling. On both sides from the secondary spaces, each with its own type of vaults.

Villa Poiana is considered one of the most curious specimens of the works of Palladio, even though it was never completed, and some later additions dramatically different from the original project by Palladio. From what was built with the direct participation of the architect, you should pay attention to cerliano – palladiev Windows on the façade and pediment with statues of military and agricultural deities.

The interior of the Villa the artists worked Bernardino India and Anselmo of Kanner and decorator and sculptor Bartolomeo Ridolfi, the authorship of which belongs stucco fireplaces and all villas. In the atrium you can see the elegant stucco with intertwining floral motifs and monochrome images of river deities. Bust Boniface Poiana look down from the main entrance, and above it there are coats-of-arms of the family and his war trophies. The frescoes on the vaults of the Villa is an allegorical representation of Fortune is attributed to Giovanni Battista Zelotti.