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Palazzo Manso

  • Visit: about 50 min
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

A 15th-century palazzo bought in 1643 by Giovanni Battista Manso to house the Seminary of Nobles.

On Vico Santi Filippo e Giacomo, near San Biagio dei Librai, Palazzo Manso was built in the 15th century and belonged to the Di Capua, Counts of Palena.In 1643 it was bought by Giovanni Battista Manso, a man of letters and friend of Torquato Tasso, to house the Seminary of Nobles entrusted to the Jesuits. The palazzo also contains the oratory of the Monte Manso di Scala.

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