Palace Priuli Ballan
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| Palace Priuli Ballan | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Piove di Sacco (Pd) Italy, Street Borgo Rossi 20 - Italy, Piove di Sacco (Pd) Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°17′20″N 12°01′51″E / 45.28897°N 12.03084°E |
| Construction started | 16th century |
| Completed | 18th century |
| Owner | Family Ballan |
Palace Priuli Ballan is a stately building example of Venetian villa situated in Piove di Sacco (PD), located at number 20 of Via Borgo Rossi. (Italy)
The palace is situated just outside the historical center of Piove di Sacco, outside of boundary channel, in the district that now is called Borgo Rossi once Contrà Santa Giustina and along the road leading to the village Arzerello. The first mention of the complex is reported in a "declaration of the cadastral value" that dates back to 1518 and in which it is cited Alvise Priuli was Nicholas who owns a two-storey building in addition to the ground floor.
The "barchesse" (wings) and the oratory, dates back to a later period, they are mentioned in a document of the mid-1700s by Andrea Gloria who speaks of "the opulent Priuli with large adjacent factories, garden and shady avenues."
Recent history
Like many villas and historic buildings, the palace was used during the third war of independence from the Austrian army and as a military hospital during the First World War. In 1940 it was seriously damaged by a fire which it made it unsafe. The restoration was carried out in collaboration with the Superintendency for Cultural Property, by the Bastianello Family of Padua at the time owner of the building, who lived in it for a short period. Later during the Second World War, has provided accommodation to some displaced people, was used as a command of the German troops and even as a warehouse. They remain as testimony, writings and pencil drawings visible on some walls of the oratory. Since the end of the war until 1957, it was used as offices and tobacco warehouse. It is currently owned by the family Ballan of Piove di Sacco and is occasionally used for meetings at cultural or convivial character.
