Castello di Thiene
Castello di Thiene
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Castello di Thiene is a Castle from the 15th century, located in the heart of Thiene, an historical small town 20 kilometers from Vicenza. The Castle is a private residence of the Counts Thiene who live there and who passionately preserve and exhibit the vast complex through important cultural events and tours in the designated areas. They now also offer the opportunity to spend an unforgettable holiday on the grounds of their beautifully curated mansion.
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rita829
Province of Trento, Italy590 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
Thiene castle is cute
It is located right in the center of the town and they also offer guided tours for a small fee added to the cost of the ticket . We didn't take advantage of it because in every room with a smartphone you can access a very convenient vocal explanation via barcode, so you can visit everything independently. The castle maintains original and intact rooms, kitchen and icebox. The stables are beautiful, truly elegant. The rooms and paintings tell the story of the families, history, arts and customs that characterized the years between the end of the 1400s and the 19th century in the Veneto area.
It is located right in the center of the town and they also offer guided tours for a small fee added to the cost of the ticket . We didn't take advantage of it because in every room with a smartphone you can access a very convenient vocal explanation via barcode, so you can visit everything independently. The castle maintains original and intact rooms, kitchen and icebox. The stables are beautiful, truly elegant. The rooms and paintings tell the story of the families, history, arts and customs that characterized the years between the end of the 1400s and the 19th century in the Veneto area.
Written April 25, 2024
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dven8
Vicenza, Italy378 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
This is far more a villa than a castle, but it is a striking example of a Venetian Gothic villa, very different from the standard Palladian villa. The frescoes are very well done and the guide does an excellent job explaining them. The stable is supposedly the most beautiful in Europe, and I have certainly not seen anything that can top it. Well worth a visit.
Written July 14, 2016
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BenFR
Bremen, Germany30 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
By far the most interesting and most cultural, historical things-to-do in Thiene. Definitely worst taking the visit with the tour and discover the splendour of the apartment and rooms inside the castle/villa.
Written May 26, 2017
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Thank You so much! Francesca
Written May 27, 2017
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nanda0425
Severna Park, MD3 contributions
Jun 2015
small town close to so many other attractive places. The beautiful ville of Palladio, Marostica the medieval town with the live chess game.... and much more to visit
Written May 18, 2016
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Missouri16 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
We were staying in nearby Vicenza and on the advice of a friend, we visited Thiene for the day. It's a quaint town which surrounds the impressive Thiene Castle. I am so happy that we were able to visit because from the moment we entered, we were immersed in history. The Thiene family still owns the castle and they take pride in their heritage and have made this history accessible to the public via hourly tours. Verify the tour times prior to visiting. Next time we are going to book an overnight at the Castle so that we can experience staying in such an historical location. We really had a marvelous visit and encourage anyone in the area to make visiting the Castle a priority!
Written February 9, 2016
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Thank you very much for your wonderfull words! Hope to see you soon again in Thiene
Francesca di Thiene
Written February 10, 2016
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Irene T
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Nov 2014 • Family
Could there be a better place to experience history?
In this castle you can be an ordinary visitor, when you join the tourist groups who daily admire its art treasures, or you can even choose to stay with your family for the night and spend some more time inside these walls, which seem to have preserved it from the world’s decay.
I am lucky to have done both.
In this castle you can be an ordinary visitor, when you join the tourist groups who daily admire its art treasures, or you can even choose to stay with your family for the night and spend some more time inside these walls, which seem to have preserved it from the world’s decay.
I am lucky to have done both.
Written May 6, 2015
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Dear Irene, thank you very much. We are really happy you enjoyed the castle and the long history that preserves. We hope you come back to visit us again soon. Best regards
Francesca di Thiene
Written May 8, 2015
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Peter Y
North Berwick, UK85 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
his is a place to visit if you want to live like a lord for a day or so. What is nice about Thiene is that it is only 25 minutes drive from Vicenza, but you really are in a genuine local town rather than a tourist place. The restaurants and cafes are a short walk away and are full of the buzz of an Italian town. We reckoned we were the only people in the restaurants and cafes who were not Italian. And so they welcomed us more than usual !
The welcome was outstanding and the castello, in which we were given a comprehensive private tour, was amazing. Ancient frescoes in the principal rooms and in our bedroom, and splendour indeed. I got airs above my station. Our bedroom was one of the main bedrooms of the ancient building and I have never slept in such a room before. It was enormous. The sunrise was beautiful and the sound of the church bells quite charming.
We took breakfast in a friendly cafe around the corner.
The only minor drawback was that, in February, it was just a little cold, but I would not use this as a reason for not staying.
The welcome was outstanding and the castello, in which we were given a comprehensive private tour, was amazing. Ancient frescoes in the principal rooms and in our bedroom, and splendour indeed. I got airs above my station. Our bedroom was one of the main bedrooms of the ancient building and I have never slept in such a room before. It was enormous. The sunrise was beautiful and the sound of the church bells quite charming.
We took breakfast in a friendly cafe around the corner.
The only minor drawback was that, in February, it was just a little cold, but I would not use this as a reason for not staying.
Written February 4, 2019
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Thank you for the great review,
Kind regards
Francesca di Thiene
Written April 29, 2019
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Sabri
Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy838 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
Very pleasant and interesting visit, the Castle is not large but the rooms that can be visited are well preserved and the QR codes scattered in the various rooms offer information and stories on the history of the place and the objects that decorate it
The gardens are also very nice and well-kept
The gardens are also very nice and well-kept
Written April 26, 2024
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Tommaso612
Rome, Italy536 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
The building was built in the fifteenth century, in late Gothic style, on the initiative of Francesco Porto (scion of one of the most powerful families in the Vicenza area at the time). Originally it was only a "warehouse", a term deriving from the Arabic language which indicates a structure that can be used simultaneously as a civil residence and as a warehouse for agricultural products. Stables, accommodation for workers, etc. were added to the main building. and the entire complex was enclosed in a sturdy wall (mostly still existing) onto which various entrances opened. In the sixteenth century the main building was modified with the addition of the second floor and with the transformation of the first into an elegant "noble floor", intended for the owner's family. Other parts of the building were also significantly embellished. As a result, the structure lost much of its rural appearance, rather resembling an aristocratic villa. Despite these changes and the fact that it never had military functions, the building has always been popularly defined as the "castle".
At the beginning of the 19th century the site became the property of the Colleoni-Suardi (descendants of the famous leader Bartolomeo) who owned it for about a century, before handing it over to the counts of Thiene: the well-known Vicenza family whose name is clearly connected with that of the small town. The Thienes are still the owners of the property.
The main building has a rectangular plan, with four turrets with Ghibelline battlements (i.e. swallowtail) at the top culminating in a showy pinnacle. In the main facade the lower part is dominated by a harmonious gallery with five slightly pointed arches; The intermediate floor has a splendid five-light window in Gothic style, on the sides of which there are two elegant single-lancet windows; the upper part is characterized by a long series of small windows; the turrets show two graceful Gothic windows on the intermediate floor and four simpler openings on the other levels.
The large internal hall on the ground floor (called the Camino bedroom) stands out for its spectacular frescoes inspired by Tito Livio's History of Rome, attributed to two students of Veronese: Giovanni Antonio Fasolo and Giambattista Zelotti. Among the nearby rooms there is one dedicated to the game of billiards; in others the portraits of the main exponents of the families who own the property are displayed. The main floor is dominated by the large five-light hall, embellished with some equestrian portraits.
Worth seeing is the stable adjacent to the main building, completely renovated in the eighteenth century. The environment is unusually elegant for a construction of this kind: the animal stalls, sixteen on each of the two long sides, are marked by red marble columns, surmounted by graceful plaster cherubs, all different from each other; the roof is supported by powerful, carefully arranged wooden beams; the floor of the central corridor features a complex interlacing decoration, meticulously chiselled to prevent the horses from slipping. The castle and neighboring buildings are surrounded by a very green garden of approximately 12,000 m2, full of tall trees. There is also a beautiful sixteenth-century well designed by the great architect Andrea Palladio.
Just outside the complex, along Corso Garibaldi, stands what was once the noble chapel of the palace where the lords went to attend the sacred functions reserved for them. The church and the adjacent bell tower, dating back to the second half of the 15th century, are a fine example of Lombard Gothic style made even more valuable by the marble portal finely crafted in bas-reliefs. Today the building is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, but the people of Thien popularly call it the "Red Church", due to the color of the bricks that cover its surfaces.
At the beginning of the 19th century the site became the property of the Colleoni-Suardi (descendants of the famous leader Bartolomeo) who owned it for about a century, before handing it over to the counts of Thiene: the well-known Vicenza family whose name is clearly connected with that of the small town. The Thienes are still the owners of the property.
The main building has a rectangular plan, with four turrets with Ghibelline battlements (i.e. swallowtail) at the top culminating in a showy pinnacle. In the main facade the lower part is dominated by a harmonious gallery with five slightly pointed arches; The intermediate floor has a splendid five-light window in Gothic style, on the sides of which there are two elegant single-lancet windows; the upper part is characterized by a long series of small windows; the turrets show two graceful Gothic windows on the intermediate floor and four simpler openings on the other levels.
The large internal hall on the ground floor (called the Camino bedroom) stands out for its spectacular frescoes inspired by Tito Livio's History of Rome, attributed to two students of Veronese: Giovanni Antonio Fasolo and Giambattista Zelotti. Among the nearby rooms there is one dedicated to the game of billiards; in others the portraits of the main exponents of the families who own the property are displayed. The main floor is dominated by the large five-light hall, embellished with some equestrian portraits.
Worth seeing is the stable adjacent to the main building, completely renovated in the eighteenth century. The environment is unusually elegant for a construction of this kind: the animal stalls, sixteen on each of the two long sides, are marked by red marble columns, surmounted by graceful plaster cherubs, all different from each other; the roof is supported by powerful, carefully arranged wooden beams; the floor of the central corridor features a complex interlacing decoration, meticulously chiselled to prevent the horses from slipping. The castle and neighboring buildings are surrounded by a very green garden of approximately 12,000 m2, full of tall trees. There is also a beautiful sixteenth-century well designed by the great architect Andrea Palladio.
Just outside the complex, along Corso Garibaldi, stands what was once the noble chapel of the palace where the lords went to attend the sacred functions reserved for them. The church and the adjacent bell tower, dating back to the second half of the 15th century, are a fine example of Lombard Gothic style made even more valuable by the marble portal finely crafted in bas-reliefs. Today the building is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, but the people of Thien popularly call it the "Red Church", due to the color of the bricks that cover its surfaces.
Written January 31, 2024
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GioFerModena
Modena, Italy638 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
It is a beautiful Villa, more than a real castle. Beautiful rooms can also be visited thanks to the QR codes, however the price seems unjustified, despite knowing that it is a private site, more suitable for receptions... as in fact it is intended.
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Written July 14, 2024
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qualcuno mi sa dire se vicino alla stazione dei treni di Thiene, c'è un parcheggio a pagamento coperto?
Grazie
Written July 27, 2019
Vicino alla stazione non credo. Mi dispiace.
Written July 28, 2019
Ho visitato questo castello parecchi anni fa' e se non ricordo male c'è una stanza con cavalli dipinti alle pareti?
Written February 4, 2018
Buongiorno, il tema dei cavalli è molto forte all'interno del castello. Ci sono due cavalli monocromi affrescati sulla facciata verso il Municipio, le scuderie degli inizi del '700 opera dell'arch. Muttoni e tele equestri del XVII sec. esposte nella galleria al primo piano. Nella corte antistante il castello, adibita un tempo a cavallerizza, rimane la colonna in pietra per l'addestramento dei cavalli. Se interessato a visitarci, riapriremo domenica 18 marzo le visite anche per individuali. Sul nostro sito trova tutti gli orari di visita. Francesca di Thiene
Written February 8, 2018
C'è possibilità di parcheggio? Grazie.
Written August 26, 2017
L'accesso al Castello è in una zona ZTL. Nei dintorni ci sono parecchi parcheggi. Per il parcheggio automobili si consigliano:
- “parcheggio Villa Fabris” parcheggio sterrato in parte regolamentato con disco orario 90 minuti (lato piazzale Divisione Acqui ) ed in parte a sosta libera (lato via Damiano Chiesa ) distanza a piedi m. 200 dal Castello – tempo percorrenza 3 min.
- “parcheggio Parco del Donatore” in Via Monsignor Pertile parcheggio libero - distanza a piedi m. 400 dal Castello – tempo percorrenza 5 min.
- Altri due grandi parcheggi liberi: Park Bosco dei Preti Sud in via Bosco dei Preti e Park Ex Nordera in via Rasa.
- Estremamente vicino al Castello ampio parcheggio a pagamento denominato Nova Thiene (anche area interrata)
Written September 23, 2017
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