Loggia and Odeo Cornaro

The Loggia and Odeo Cornaro are two Renaissance buildings, built in the 16th century for the humanist Alvise Cornaro and hosting theater and music performances, locate in via Cesarotti 37 in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy.

[1] Cornaro commissioned the buildings from Veronese architect Giovanni Maria Falconetto.

To the side of this structure is the Odeo, or Odeum, which has a central octagonal room frescoed with marine motifs and grotteschi, and ringed by niches.

The also called Rotonda di Padova is said to have been influential for Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra near Vicenza.

The present buildings were donated to the city of Padua in 1968 by the Countess Giulia Giusti del Giardino, formerly Bianchini d'Alberigo.