Villa Foscari
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mira, Venice, Veneto, Italy |
| Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii) |
| Reference | 712bis-021 |
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
| Extensions | 1996 |
| Area | 5.87 ha (14.5 acres) |
| Website | www |
| Coordinates | 45°26′7″N 12°12′4″E / 45.43528°N 12.20111°E |
Villa Foscari is a villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The home was constructed by Palladio for two patrician brothers. It was built in the mid 1550s. It is also known as La Malcontenta ("The Discontented"), a nickname which—according to a legend—it received when the spouse of one of the Foscaris was locked up in the house because she allegedly did not live up to her conjugal duty.