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Villa Cottrau

  • Visit: about 50 min
Villa Cottrau
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

1875 Posillipo villa of the engineer Alfredo Cottrau, builder of bridges and roads.

In Posillipo, Villa Cottrau was commissioned in 1875 by Alfredo Cottrau, an engineer of French origin and one of the most famous designers and builders of bridges and roads of his day.He created it by transforming an old farmhouse. Cottrau later also bought a villa on Capri: a man of his time, in love with the gulf.

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