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Villa Bracale

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

1878 Neoclassical villa in Posillipo on the bay of San Pietro ai Due Frati, where Oscar Wilde stayed in 1897.

In Posillipo, Villa Bracale was built in 1878: a restrained Neoclassical building over three floors, with two symmetrical side loggias, overlooking the little bay of San Pietro ai Due Frati.In 1897 Oscar Wilde stayed here with Lord Alfred Douglas, after his release from prison. A page of literary history by the sea.

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