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Castle · Pollica (SA)

Vinciprova Castle

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
Pictured: Pollica · Spinoziano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Fortified palace on the sea at Pioppi, with two crenellated towers, a central block and a wide portico with a terrace over the water.

In Pioppi, almost on the water, stands the palace everyone calls Castello Vinciprova. Its history is linked to a family of Catalan merchants who came to Pollica in the Aragonese period and were rivals of another Spanish family: feuds and vendettas that long marked the town and still survive in a popular legend.We like its strong yet harmonious architecture, made up of two side towers with terraces topped by arabesque merlons, joined by a central block. On the sea front a wide portico supports a splendid terrace overlooking the waves, with Baroque lines and Moorish-style decorations. Today the palace also hosts museum spaces: we recommend a stop.

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