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Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta

  • Visit: about 50 min
Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

17th-century palazzo on the Riviera di Chiaia, where Tiberio Carafa created a zoo with wild animals.

On the Riviera di Chiaia, Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta was built in the 17th century by the Carafa di Belvedere family.The historian Carlo Celano tells us that Tiberio Carafa created a zoo here with wild animals and organised hunts in the park. The palazzo was rebuilt in the 19th century.

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