sentences:  When Nicolò wished to erect there a villa for summer use that would be suited to the family's standing, it was natural to turn to Scamozzi, first among Venetian architects in the "terraferma" since the death of Palladio in 1580.The villa was rapidly completed but not long enjoyed by its patron, who died on 9 May 1608.Seven years later his brothers conveyed the villa to Pio Capodilista; it passed to his son Annibale, then to the heirs of Annibale's sister Sigismonda.