Maser is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Treviso

Province of Treviso

The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km², and a total population of 886.886 . There are 95 municipalities in the province .-Municipalities:-External links:*...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 50 km northwest of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 25 km northwest of Treviso

Treviso

Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,854 and an area of 26.0 km².

The municipality of Maser contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Coste, Crespignaga, and Madonna della Salute.

Maser borders the following municipalities: Altivole

Altivole

Altivole is a commune with 6.122 inhabitants in the province of Treviso. In frazione San Vito is located Brion Cemetery a monumental tomb designed by architect Carlo Scarpa....

, Asolo

Asolo

Asolo is a town and comune in the Veneto Region of Northern Italy. It is known as "The Pearl of the province of Treviso", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings.-History:...

, Caerano di San Marco

Caerano di San Marco

Caerano di San Marco, or simply Caerano, is a town and commune with 7,026 inhabitants in the province of Treviso.-Economy:Caerano is the birthplace of some clothing companies like Diadora, Sanmarco and Sanremo.-External links:...

, Cornuda, Monfumo

Monfumo

Monfumo is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km northwest of Venice and about 30 km northwest of Treviso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,447 and an area of 11.3 km².Monfumo borders the following municipalities:...

.

Maser is notable for being the place of death of the architect Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture...

, creator of the famous Palladian style

Palladian architecture

Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio . The term "Palladian" normally refers to buildings in a style inspired by Palladio's own work; that which is recognised as Palladian architecture today is an evolution of...

 of architecture. Villa Barbaro

Villa Barbaro

Villa Barbaro, also known as the Villa di Maser, is a large villa at Maser in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed and built by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio, with frescos by Paolo Veronese and sculptures by Alessandro Vittoria for Daniele Barbaro, Patriarch of Aquileia...

in Maser is one of his finest projects.