At Lapio, in the Irpinia hills of the Province of Avellino, the palace of the Filangieri family, whose rooms are frescoed throughout — work of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
At a glance
- Type
- Noble palace, now a cultural and food-and-wine centre
- Where
- Lapio, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy
- Coordinates
- 40.9814855° N, 14.9494742° E
- Frescoes
- Between 1600 and 1700
- Family
- Filangieri
Overview
Palazzo Filangieri stands at Lapio, in the Province of Avellino, in the Irpinia of Campania. It belonged to the old family of the Filangieri.
History
Its rooms are frescoed throughout, work carried out between 1600 and 1700 — the archive entry calls the ensemble unique in Campania, and reads it as a mark of the wealth and power of the family.
What you see
The palace now works as a cultural and food-and-wine centre for the Irpinia — a district known above all for its wines.
Practical information
- Address: Via Roma 26, 83030 Lapio (AV), Campania.
- Opening depends on the programme of the centre.
Sources
- Cultural Heritage Online historical archive — original Italian entry (beniculturalionline.it), transposed and corrected 2026.
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