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Villa Pignatelli di Monteleone

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

Large unfinished Miglio d'Oro villa in Barra, built between 1728 and 1766 for the Duke of Monteleone.

In Barra, Villa Pignatelli di Monteleone is a large monumental complex of the Miglio d'Oro, even though it was left unfinished.It was commissioned by Diego Pignatelli, Duke of Monteleone: work lasted from 1728 to 1766, involving important architects of the time. A testimony to the splendour of country life around Vesuvius.

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