Conservation
Richard Rush purchased the Villa Cornaro in 1969 from an organization of the Italian Government dedicated to preserving the national monuments of Italy in the Veneto (L'Ente Per Le Ville Venete). He and his wife, Julia, restored the villa and furnished it with antiques over a period of twenty years. The villa is presently owned by Carl and Sally Gable, of Atlanta, Georgia, who purchased it from Dr. Rush in 1989. Since 1996 the villa has been conserved as part of a World Heritage Site, "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".
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