Brenta Canal

 
There is a very attractive excursion from Padua along the canalised River Brenta (boat services in summer). The road first reaches Stra (8m/26ft), a favorite resort of the Venetians in summer. At the far end of the village, in a park to the left of the road between the Brenta canal and its tributary the Veraro, stands the 18th century Villa Pisani or Villa Nazionale.

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Composed of five wings grouped around two inner courtyards, there are over 100 rooms with beautiful Empire furniture, paintings, wall and ceiling paintings, with a splendid ballroom containing a large ceiling painting by Tiepolo (1762). The road then continues east alongside the navigable Brenta canal (Naviglio di Brenta), past a series of country houses and villas surrounded by parks.
Address: Brenta Canal Tourist Office, Via Don Minzoni
Mira and Strà, I-35100 Padua, Italy

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