Palazzo Caracciolo

The building has a rectangular plan and is spread over two floors; it was built in the second half of the 16th century, when the Caracciolos became feudal lords of Atripalda, since the restricted castle of Truppoaldo (11th century) was not able to accommodate their large court. The building hosted in its halls "the Accademia degli Incerti" commissioned by the Caracciolo family on the banks of the Sabato. Today the building, due to the weather conditions and bureaucratic problems related to the read more

The building has a rectangular plan and is spread over two floors; it was built in the second half of the 16th century, when the Caracciolos became feudal lords of Atripalda, since the restricted castle of Truppoaldo (11th century) was not able to accommodate their large court. The building hosted in its halls "the Accademia degli Incerti" commissioned by the Caracciolo family on the banks of the Sabato. Today the building, due to the weather conditions and bureaucratic problems related to the inheritance of the entire building, is in a state of abandonment, which has made the structure unusable. The Palace Gardens Inside, a magnificent park, full of centuries-old trees and exotic plants, protected by a special bond from the Superintendency since the beginning of the last century. at the end of the sixteenth century the four thousand five hundred square meters of greenery with rare plants, fountains and water features were completed. Enriched by a collection of sculptures, fountains and the ancient Himalayan cedar The arrangement is the classic one of the 18th century with the avenues arranged in a Greek cross and a large central fountain, only the mighty statue of the Faun remained as sentinel to the garden, many other valuable works of art have been stolen, including the sculpture of the Nymph. Until the 1970s, the Braione spring that descended from the hill of Via Serino flowing inside the garden was used by citizens as a source of public water. On the other hand, one of the most beautiful monumental trees in the Campania region dominates the scenario, the Himalayan cedar with its one hundred and fifty years of life and its five-metre-wide trunk, in the same point also the very particular and evocative Fontana del Pipistrello. read less