Villa Moro and the 1893 plaque commemorating Jacopo del Cassero

Villa Moro, also known as Ca' Moro, Palazzo Moro, or Villa Ca' Moro, is a historic manor located in Oriago, a hamlet of the municipality of Mira within the Riviera del Brenta. The building was constructed on the initiative of the Moro patrician family of the Republic of Venice.

Situated along the Naviglio del Brenta next to another building commissioned by the Moro family that has since been demolished, the construction date of Villa Moro is uncertain. Some evidence, such as the frescoed hall on the noble floor, suggests a late 15th-century layout, while cadastral documentation places its construction between 1581 and 1615.

A notable feature of the building is a stone plaque built on its facade in 1893. This plaque remembers Jacopo del Cassero, who was killed here in 1298 on the orders of Azzo VIII d'Este, Lord of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio. The plaque reproduces verses 64-84 of the fifth canto of the Purgatorio from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Because of this, local residents popularly identified the building as "palazzo Dante."

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