It is the symbol of the "Turrita" and also the architectural element that stands out among all in the panorama of the centre of Forio, from whatever point of view you look at it.
When in the fourteenth century it began to form on the large island, in front of the Castle then the City of Ischia, it was the Borgo di Mare.
Originally there was an Antiquarium, created in the large space that in ancient times had been used as a cistern for the inhabitants of Villa de' Bagni, the current Ischia Porto.
The imagination of the contemporary traveler gets lost in the alleys, after crossing Piazza del Plebiscito, touching the Royal Palace, the San Carlo Theater, and Via Toledo, aiming here and there at the surprising green patches of Capodimonte, the vegetable gardens and the Posillipine parks and the coastal cliffs of yellow tuff.
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