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Tower of the Second Polyclinic

  • Visit: about 30 min
  • 271 m
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

The "Biological Tower" of the new Polyclinic on the Camaldoli hill, a black skyscraper designed by Carlo Cocchia.

On the Camaldoli hill, the tower of the Second Polyclinic, known as the "Torre Biologica", houses biology departments of the new university Polyclinic.Designed between 1963 and 1971 by a team led by the architect Carlo Cocchia, it is a tall black block with decorative red stripes: a recognisable landmark of the hillside skyline of Naples.

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