Loggia e Odeo Cornaro

The Loggia and the Odeo Cornaro are two Renaissance buildings from the sixteenth century, located at Via Cesarotti 37 in Padua. The humanist Alvise Cornaro commissioned the architect Giovanni Maria Falconetto to build them as part of a pleasure villa for theater and musical performances. The two-story Loggia, completed in 1524, has a ground-floor arcade, while the neighboring Odeo houses a central octagonal room with marine motifs and grotesque frescoes. Both facades still display their original sculptures. Today the buildings belong to the city's museums and are known for their historical significance, as they may have influenced Andrea Palladio.