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Museum · Perdifumo (SA)

Vico Museum

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
  • 430 m
Pictured: Perdifumo · Geofix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

The museum devoted to Giambattista Vico in Palazzo De Vargas at Vatolla.

The Vico Museum is housed in Palazzo De Vargas, at Vatolla, a hamlet of Perdifumo. It tells of the years Giambattista Vico spent here between 1689 and 1695.According to tradition, the philosopher studied in the shade of an olive tree in front of the convent of Santa Maria della Pietà. The palace is also home to the Giambattista Vico Foundation.

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