Villa Barbaro at Maser was designed by Andrea Palladio for the brothers Daniele and Marcantonio Barbaro. The infobox and text both give construction as starting about 1560. The text says one historian dates it to 1560 to 1570, while other sources say it was mostly completed by 1558, which predates that start.
The central block has four Ionic columns and a pediment with Barbaro heraldry, and the wings have arcades and unusual upper-level private quarters. End pavilions carry sundials. Paolo Veronese painted the frescoes in the piano nobile, and Alessandro Vittoria made sculptures. The article gives no materials or villa dimensions.
The grounds have a nymphaeum with seven statues in niches and the Tempietto Barbaro, with an inscription dated 1580. Count Giuseppe Volpi bought the villa in 1934 for his daughter Marina. It is open to the public and runs a wine-producing farm. UNESCO listed it in 1994, though the text says 1996.
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