The villa was probably built in the first half of 1500 on assignment of Conti Arnaldi of Vicenza. It shows a sturdy horizontal structure with the main facades facing North and South. The great rectangular windows with sills supported from consoles in worked stone and the inner layout of the villa, make historians to attribute the architectonic paternity to Antonio Francisco Olivera, disciple of great architect Michele Sammicheli from Verona(1484-1559).
You can also see the typical architecture of Vicenza of sixteenth century, in the central hall, now totally restored. You can admire the floors in original cooked tyles and the interesting girders of the ceiling, divided by wood worked lacunars.

The frescoes of the main hall are in fair conditions of conservation, expecially the allegorical festoons that encircle doors and windows. The images of women, boys, ornaments and flowers that can be admired, induce the critic to support that such frescoes have been made by Paul Caliari, in collaboration with its followers Fasolo and Zelotti.
Unfortunately the frescoes of the halls and of the side rooms have got lost during 1800.
Actually we think that previous owners, in the event of an important wedding, have considered essential to cover the paintings with cement, so that the couple could not be upset by the rough images of naked persons and of war.(Magrini 1851).
You must notice also an internal seventeenth century door, situated in the middle of the eastern wall of the main hall. The girders under the roof are still original, and can be visited by going to the rooms of the upper floor. Interest should be put on the frames from the fourteenth century that adorn the doors of the first floor. The rustic houses, visible from the garden, are adorned by imposing ashlar columns, inspired to the ancient roman models, rearranged by Sammicheli.
The complex includes a noble chapel situated North of the house, opened to religious rites and dedicated to Saint Rita. The oratory is in communication with the villa through an inner garden where a secular magnolia dominates. The charm of the whole complex is framed from by the surrounding fields, full of grapes.

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