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Villa · Torre del Greco (NA)

Villa delle Ginestre

  • Visit: about 50 min
Villa delle Ginestre
Photo: Sergioizzo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

The villa in Torre del Greco where Giacomo Leopardi wrote La ginestra.

Villa delle Ginestre stands on the slopes of Vesuvius, in Torre del Greco. Giacomo Leopardi spent the last years of his life here, as the guest of his friend Antonio Ranieri.In this villa the poet wrote La ginestra and Il tramonto della luna. The villa belongs to the University of Naples Federico II and is open on certain occasions.

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