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Castle · Perdifumo (SA)

Castle of Vargas-Vatolla

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 451 m
Pictured: Perdifumo · Geofix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Palazzo De Vargas at Vatolla, where Giambattista Vico studied.

The castle of Vatolla, also called Palazzo De Vargas, stands in the largest hamlet of Perdifumo. It has medieval origins.The philosopher Giambattista Vico lived here between 1689 and 1695 as a tutor. Today the palace houses the Vico Museum and the Giambattista Vico Foundation.

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