Villa Arbusto, co called by the location toponym since ‘600, is situated in a charming panoramic position on the hill square of S. Restituta, in front of the promontory of Monte Vico, the site of the acropolis Pithecusae, while just a short walk from the park, the VIII c. B.C. metallurgic quartier is set, loc. Mazzola.
Villa Arbusto Museum |
The manor farm of Arbusto was built in 1785 by Don Carlo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri of high birth, who built a country Casino, the actual villa with wide garden at the back, where a small building for guests was set with a chapel and a ‘stove’ for a therapeutical use thanks to the nearby fumaroles, a cistern and a pool which flews the fountain basin.
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The museum hosts archeological finds of rare beauty and importance the famous Nestor’s cup, for example.
Villa Arbusto Museum |
Info
Address: Corso Angelo Rizzoli, 210
Municipality: Lacco Ameno - 80076
Tel: 081996103 – 0813330288
Fax: 0813330288
Opening hours: 9.00 – 13.00 / 16.00 – 20.00
Closed: on Mondays
Ticket: 5,00 € (Residents and students € 1,00, over 65 € 3,00)
email: pithecusae@libero.it
web: www.pithecusae.it
Bus lines: CD - CS - 1 - 2 (Bus stop San Lorenzo)
Services
In the centre
Parking
Panoramic
Public phone
Performances
Shuttle
Park
Guided tour
Services for disabled
Mediateca
Book shop
Library
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